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Maurice de Broglie

1875 - 1960

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Maurice de Broglie, 6th Duke of Broglie (27 April 1875 – 14 July 1960) was a French physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice de Broglie has received more than 46,142 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Maurice de Broglie is the 367th most popular physicist (up from 372nd in 2019), the 2,032nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,163rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Maurice de Broglie ranks 367 out of 851. Before him are Gaston Planté, Charles Fabry, Abram Ioffe, Louis Slotin, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Paul Drude. After him are Jules Antoine Lissajous, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Carlo Matteucci, Vladimir Shukhov, Carl Wieman, and Yoshio Nishina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Maurice de Broglie ranks 54. Before him are Hiram Bingham III, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Rafael Sabatini, Walter Chrysler, and Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará. After him are Issai Schur, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Jacques Villon, Prince Franz of Bavaria, and Pierre Monteux. Among people deceased in 1960, Maurice de Broglie ranks 56. Before him are Pierre Reverdy, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sylvia Pankhurst, Antonie Pannekoek, Abram Ioffe, and Alexandre Benois. After him are St John Philby, Hans Wilsdorf, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, A. L. Kroeber, José Antonio Aguirre, and Bruno Loerzer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice de Broglie ranks 2,032 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Duruflé (1902), Jean Girault (1924), Louise de Coligny (1555), André Tardieu (1876), Jacques Thibaud (1880), and Peter II of Courtenay (1155). After him are Renée Simonot (1911), Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822), Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Joseph-Marie Vien (1716), and Henri Estienne (1528).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Maurice de Broglie ranks 43. Before him are Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Marguerite Perey (1909), Auguste Bravais (1811), Gaston Planté (1834), and Charles Fabry (1867). After him are Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822), Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Louis Poinsot (1777), Léon Brillouin (1889), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), and Henri Tresca (1814).

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