1904 - 1995
Ralph Kronig (10 March 1904 – 16 November 1995) was a German physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Kronig has received more than 62,709 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ralph Kronig is the 611th most popular physicist (down from 574th in 2019), the 4,037th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,581st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular German Physicist.
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Among physicists, Ralph Kronig ranks 611 out of 717. Before him are Theodore Lyman IV, Walther Müller, Paul Scherrer, Franco Rasetti, Ali Javan, and Tullio Regge. After him are Mario Livio, Harold Brown, Toshiko Yuasa, Charles Stark Draper, Ralph H. Fowler, and John C. Slater.
1874 - 1954
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 605
1905 - 1979
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 606
1890 - 1969
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 607
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 608
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 609
1931 - 2014
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 610
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 611
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 612
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 613
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 614
1901 - 1987
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 615
1889 - 1944
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 616
1900 - 1976
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 617
Among people born in 1904, Ralph Kronig ranks 226. Before him are Gregg Toland, Keye Luke, François Marty, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, William Primrose, and Rafael Méndez. After him are Nnamdi Azikiwe, Bernard Lonergan, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Henry Dreyfuss, Boris Babochkin, and Lillian Copeland. Among people deceased in 1995, Ralph Kronig ranks 201. Before him are Genrikh Kasparyan, Roberto Juarroz, Robertson Davies, Karl Gruber, David Wayne, and Vladislav Listyev. After him are Vic Buckingham, Nanni Loy, Kalpana Datta, Nicolas Slonimsky, V. J. Sukselainen, and Albert W. Tucker.
1904 - 1948
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 220
1904 - 1991
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 221
1904 - 1994
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 222
1904 - 1980
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 223
1904 - 1982
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 224
1904 - 1982
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 225
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 226
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 227
1904 - 1984
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 228
1904 - 1982
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 229
1904 - 1972
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 230
1904 - 1975
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 231
1904 - 1964
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 232
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 195
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 196
1913 - 1995
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 197
1909 - 1995
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 198
1914 - 1995
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 199
1956 - 1995
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 200
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 201
1915 - 1995
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 202
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 203
1913 - 1995
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 204
1894 - 1995
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 205
1906 - 1995
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 206
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 207
Among people born in Germany, Ralph Kronig ranks 4,037 out of 6,142. Before him are Thomas Berthold (1964), Hilde Domin (1909), Martin Gropius (1824), Franz Delitzsch (1813), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), and Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (1900). After him are Hermann Josef Abs (1901), Walter Momper (1945), Rosi Mittermaier (1950), Cilly Aussem (1909), Christa Stubnick (1933), and Rolf Wolfshohl (1938).
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,031
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,032
1824 - 1880
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,033
1813 - 1890
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 4,034
1824 - 1890
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 4,035
1900 - 1991
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 4,036
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 4,037
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 4,038
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 4,039
1950 - 2023
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,040
1909 - 1963
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,041
1933 - 2021
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,042
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,043
Among physicists born in Germany, Ralph Kronig ranks 83. Before him are Gustav Mie (1868), Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826), Emil Warburg (1846), Burkhard Heim (1925), Heinrich Kayser (1853), and Walther Müller (1905). After him are Alfred Landé (1888), Ursula Franklin (1921), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Hedwig Kohn (1887), Arthur Schuster (1851), and Pief Panofsky (1919).
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 77
1826 - 1899
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 78
1846 - 1931
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 79
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 80
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 81
1905 - 1979
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 82
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 83
1888 - 1976
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 84
1921 - 2016
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 85
1888 - 1985
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 86
1887 - 1964
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 87
1851 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 88
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 89