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Martin Knudsen

1871 - 1949

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Martin Hans Christian Knudsen (15 February 1871 in Hasmark on Funen – 27 May 1949 in Copenhagen) was a Danish physicist who taught and conducted research at the Technical University of Denmark. He is primarily known for his study of molecular gas flow and the development of the Knudsen cell, which is a primary component of molecular beam epitaxy systems. Knudsen received the University's gold medal in 1895 and earned his master's degree in physics the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Knudsen has received more than 89,041 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Martin Knudsen is the 488th most popular physicist (down from 421st in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 238th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Martin Knudsen ranks 488 out of 851. Before him are Carlo Rovelli, Marian Smoluchowski, Vilhelm Bjerknes, G. M. B. Dobson, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, and John Leslie. After him are Ivan Puluj, Maurice Karnaugh, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Gordon Gould, Alexei Starobinsky, and William Robert Grove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Martin Knudsen ranks 80. Before him are Claus Schilling, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Hubert Cecil Booth, Emily Carr, Kōtoku Shūsui, and Oscar Wisting. After him are Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Spendiaryan, Leonidas Pyrgos, Luigi Sturzo, Alwin Berger, and Guglielmo Ferrero. Among people deceased in 1949, Martin Knudsen ranks 89. Before him are James Forrestal, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Kanji Ishiwara, Boris Asafyev, Tan Malaka, and Otto Nerz. After him are Alfred J. Lotka, Jankel Adler, Douglas Hyde, Antoun Saadeh, Ehmetjan Qasim, and Damaskinos of Athens.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Martin Knudsen ranks 297 out of 1,032. Before him are John Hansen (1924), Ghita Nørby (1935), Martha of Denmark (1277), Emil Aarestrup (1800), Louise Rasmussen (1815), and Emil Christian Hansen (1842). After him are Edgar Rubin (1886), Harald Klak (null), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Tony Rominger (1961), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), and Kim Bodnia (1965).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Martin Knudsen ranks 6. Before him are Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Niels Bohr (1885), Aage Bohr (1922), Ludvig Lorenz (1829), and Ole Worm (1588). After him are Henrik Svensmark (1958), and Lene Hau (1959).

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