1828 - 1914
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.In 1904, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society. He had received the highest decoration in France, the Legion of Honour, when he visited the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Swan has received more than 840,068 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Joseph Swan is the 268th most popular physicist (down from 222nd in 2019), the 880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 717th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Physicist.
Joseph Swan is most famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb.
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Among physicists, Joseph Swan ranks 268 out of 717. Before him are Abdul Qadeer Khan, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Philip Warren Anderson, Hugh David Politzer, Jack Steinberger, and Henry Way Kendall. After him are Patrick Blackett, Douglas Osheroff, Andre Geim, Brian Josephson, John Tyndall, and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 262
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 263
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 264
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 265
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 266
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 267
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 268
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 269
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 270
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 271
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 272
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 273
1754 - 1785
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 274
Among people born in 1828, Joseph Swan ranks 17. Before him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Louise of the Netherlands, Albert Marth, Albert of Saxony, John Langdon Down, and Ferdinand Cohn. After him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Paul Gachet, Alexander Butlerov, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, and Edmond François Valentin About. Among people deceased in 1914, Joseph Swan ranks 25. Before him are Ambrose Bierce, Alphonse Bertillon, Alexander Samsonov, Georges Picquart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Joseph Chamberlain. After him are Alain-Fournier, John Tenniel, Charles Péguy, Empress Shōken, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, and Theodor Kittelsen.
1828 - 1889
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 11
1828 - 1871
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 12
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 13
1828 - 1902
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 14
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 15
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 16
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 17
1828 - 1885
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 18
1828 - 1909
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 19
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 20
1828 - 1875
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 21
1828 - 1897
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 22
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 23
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 19
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 20
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 21
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 22
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 23
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 24
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 25
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 26
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 27
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 28
1849 - 1914
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 29
1823 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 30
1857 - 1914
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 31
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Swan ranks 880 out of 7,765. Before him are Terry Jones (1942), Tony Richardson (1928), William Holman Hunt (1827), Edward Whymper (1840), Peter Cushing (1913), and Rob Halford (1951). After him are Thomas Chatterton (1752), Frederic Leighton (1830), Mike Newell (1942), Archer Martin (1910), James Paul Moody (1887), and James Lovelock (1919).
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 874
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 875
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 876
1840 - 1911
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 877
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 878
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 879
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 880
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 881
1830 - 1896
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 882
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 883
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 884
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 885
1919 - 2022
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 886
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Joseph Swan ranks 35. Before him are Nevill Francis Mott (1905), David J. Thouless (1934), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), and John Cockcroft (1897). After him are Patrick Blackett (1897), Brian Josephson (1940), Freeman Dyson (1923), Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), and Stephen Hales (1677).
1905 - 1996
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 29
1934 - 2019
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 30
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 31
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 33
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 34
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 35
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 36
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 37
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 38
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 39
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 40
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 41