1897 - 1974
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett, (18 November 1897 – 13 July 1974), was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948. In 1925 he became the first person to prove that radioactivity could cause the nuclear transmutation of one chemical element to another. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing operational research. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Blackett has received more than 661,133 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Patrick Blackett is the 269th most popular physicist (down from 246th in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 796th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Physicist.
Patrick Blackett was a British physicist who is most famous for his work in the field of quantum mechanics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948.
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Among physicists, Patrick Blackett ranks 269 out of 717. Before him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Philip Warren Anderson, Hugh David Politzer, Jack Steinberger, Henry Way Kendall, and Joseph Swan. After him are Douglas Osheroff, Andre Geim, Brian Josephson, John Tyndall, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Masatoshi Koshiba.
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
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 275
Among people born in 1897, Patrick Blackett ranks 53. Before him are Emil Maurice, Herbert Gille, Dmitry Pavlov, Georg Wittig, Jiroemon Kimura, and John Cockcroft. After him are Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Ye Jianying, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Hans Baur, and Zakir Husain. Among people deceased in 1974, Patrick Blackett ranks 35. Before him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Zalman Shazar, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Hilda Gadea, Marcel Pagnol, and Cass Elliot. After him are Anatole Litvak, Franz Jonas, Frank Martin, Walter Brennan, Agnes Moorehead, and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 47
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 49
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 50
1897 - 1897
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 51
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 52
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 53
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 54
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 55
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 56
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 57
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 58
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 59
1896 - 1974
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 29
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1925 - 1974
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 34
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 35
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 36
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 37
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 38
1894 - 1974
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 39
1900 - 1974
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 40
1900 - 1974
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 41
Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Blackett ranks 895 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), Michael Atiyah (1929), Andy Serkis (1964), Martin Evans (1941), Mairead Maguire (1944), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Mark Strong (1963), John Mayall (1933), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Keith Moon (1946), Noah Jupe (2005), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960).
1594 - 1612
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 889
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 890
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 891
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 892
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 893
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 894
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 895
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 896
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 897
1872 - 1912
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 898
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 899
2005 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 900
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 901
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Patrick Blackett ranks 36. Before him are David J. Thouless (1934), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), John Cockcroft (1897), and Joseph Swan (1828). After him are Brian Josephson (1940), Freeman Dyson (1923), Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Stephen Hales (1677), and John Stewart Bell (1928).
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
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 42