PHYSICIST

Philipp Lenard

1862 - 1947

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Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (German: [ˈfɪlɪp ˈleːnaʁt] ; Hungarian: Lénárd Fülöp Eduárd Antal; 7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947) was a Hungarian-German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 "for his work on cathode rays" and the discovery of many of their properties. One of his most important contributions was the experimental realization of the photoelectric effect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Lenard has received more than 860,782 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Philipp Lenard is the 45th most popular physicist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Physicist.

Philipp Lenard was a German physicist who discovered cathode rays and the law of conservation of energy.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Philipp Lenard ranks 45 out of 851. Before him are Wolfgang Pauli, Lise Meitner, Gerard 't Hooft, Max von Laue, Pieter Zeeman, and J. J. Thomson. After him are William Gilbert, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Léon Foucault, Christian Doppler, Barry Barish, and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Philipp Lenard ranks 5. Before him are Gustav Klimt, Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck, and David Hilbert. After him are Gerhart Hauptmann, Allvar Gullstrand, Arthur Schnitzler, O. Henry, Aristide Briand, Hilma af Klint, and Niko Pirosmani. Among people deceased in 1947, Philipp Lenard ranks 5. Before him are Max Planck, Henry Ford, Al Capone, and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. After him are Christian X of Denmark, Rudolf Höss, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, and Jozef Tiso.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Philipp Lenard ranks 3 out of 418. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), and Elizabeth of Hungary (1207). After him are Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778), Rudolf von Laban (1879), Juraj Jánošík (1688), and Robert Fico (1964).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Slovakia

Among physicists born in Slovakia, Philipp Lenard ranks 1. After him are Ányos Jedlik (1800), and Johann Andreas Segner (1704).

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