1896 - 1971
Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 – October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. These studies supported the theoretical work of De Broglie. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lester Germer has received more than 62,004 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lester Germer is the 521st most popular physicist (down from 516th in 2019), the 4,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,423rd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Lester Germer ranks 521 out of 717. Before him are Leopoldo Nobili, Mildred Dresselhaus, Carlo Rovelli, Robert H. Dicke, Vladimir Steklov, and Clarence Zener. After him are Max Wien, Sergey Kapitsa, John Sealy Townsend, Gerard K. O'Neill, Samuel T. Cohen, and Yakir Aharonov.
1784 - 1835
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 515
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 516
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 517
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 518
1864 - 1926
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 519
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 520
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 521
1866 - 1938
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 522
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 523
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 524
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 525
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 526
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 527
Among people born in 1896, Lester Germer ranks 146. Before him are Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, Nobuko Yoshiya, William Cameron Menzies, Friedrich Sämisch, Rafael Franco, and Marguerite Laugier. After him are Philippe Étancelin, Manuel A. Odría, Murray Leinster, Joseph Schildkraut, Tommy Johnson, and Árpád Weisz. Among people deceased in 1971, Lester Germer ranks 114. Before him are Chester Conklin, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Maguba Syrtlanova, William F. Albright, Hiratsuka Raichō, and Wasfi Tal. After him are Bobby Jones, Gladys Cooper, Kathleen Lonsdale, Paruyr Sevak, Harald Öhquist, and Richard Montague.
1896 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 140
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 141
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 142
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 143
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 144
1896 - 1976
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 145
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 146
1896 - 1981
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 147
1896 - 1974
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 148
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 149
1896 - 1964
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 150
1896 - 1956
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 151
1896 - 1944
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 152
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 108
1910 - 1971
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 109
1912 - 1971
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 110
1891 - 1971
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 111
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 112
1919 - 1971
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 113
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 114
1902 - 1971
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 115
1888 - 1971
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 116
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 117
1924 - 1971
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 118
1891 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 119
1930 - 1971
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 120
Among people born in United States, Lester Germer ranks 4,637 out of 18,182. Before him are Clarence Zener (1905), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Emily Deschanel (1976), Janet Asimov (1926), William R. Pogue (1930), and James R. Schlesinger (1929). After him are John Kitzmiller (1913), Pete Rose (1941), Donald Byrd (1932), Michael McKean (1947), Gene Autry (1907), and Kylie Jenner (1997).
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,631
1889 - 1968
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,632
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,633
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,634
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,635
1929 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,636
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,637
1913 - 1965
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,638
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,639
1932 - 2013
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,640
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 4,641
1907 - 1998
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 4,642
1997 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 4,643
Among physicists born in United States, Lester Germer ranks 103. Before him are Richard C. Tolman (1881), John G. Trump (1907), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Robert H. Dicke (1916), and Clarence Zener (1905). After him are Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Brian Greene (1963), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), William D. Coolidge (1873), and Charles Kittel (1916).
1881 - 1948
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 97
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 98
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 99
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 100
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 101
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 102
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 103
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 104
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 105
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 106
1868 - 1919
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 107
1873 - 1975
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 108
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 109