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Prosper-René Blondlot

1849 - 1930

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Prosper-René Blondlot (French: [pʁɔspɛʁ ʁəne blɔ̃dlo]; 3 July 1849 – 24 November 1930) was a French physicist, who in 1891 made the first measurement of the speed of radio waves, but is now mostly remembered for his "discovery" of N rays, a phenomenon that subsequently proved to be illusory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prosper-René Blondlot has received more than 37,513 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Prosper-René Blondlot is the 591st most popular physicist, the 3,998th most popular biography from France and the 66th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 591 out of 851. Before him are Franco Rasetti, William D. Coolidge, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Sergey Kapitsa, and John Robison. After him are Georg Adolf Erman, Wallace Clement Sabine, Clyde Cowan, Joan Feynman, Seth Neddermeyer, and Bruno Zumino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 78. Before him are Hugo von Seeliger, Oscar Hertwig, Christian Rohlfs, Jacob Riis, Pedro Montt, and Richard Lydekker. After him are Henry Clay Frick, John Hartley, Panas Myrny, Alfred Kleiner, Gerhard Munthe, and Johan Kjeldahl. Among people deceased in 1930, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 87. Before him are Valeriano Weyler, Anna Lea Merritt, Mary Harris Jones, Enrico Forlanini, Albert von Le Coq, and Kakutsa Cholokashvili. After him are Max Valier, Aleksandr Golovin, Henri Jobier, Florbela Espanca, Walther Reinhardt, and Laura Muntz Lyall.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 3,998 out of 6,770. Before him are Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), Nicolas de Fer (1646), Paul Déroulède (1846), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), and Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856). After him are Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Désirée Artôt (1835), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), Édouard Artigas (1906), Jehan Buhan (1912), and Paul Le Guen (1964).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 66. Before him are Alfred Perot (1863), Pierre Weiss (1865), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Jean Becquerel (1878), and Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700). After him are Marcel Brillouin (1854), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Thibault Damour (1951), Yvette Cauchois (1908), Hubert Curien (1924), and Jacques Friedel (1921).

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