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Robert Bacher

1905 - 2004

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Robert Fox Bacher (August 31, 1905 – November 18, 2004) was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. Born in Loudonville, Ohio, Bacher obtained his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan, writing his 1930 doctoral thesis under the supervision of Samuel Goudsmit on the Zeeman effect of the hyperfine structure of atomic levels. After graduate work at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he accepted a job at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Bacher has received more than 121,567 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bacher is the 713th most popular physicist (down from 671st in 2019), the 9,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,680th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert Bacher ranks 713 out of 717. Before him are Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Juan Martín Maldacena, Jacques Friedel, Lene Hau, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Derek J. de Solla Price. After him are Edward C. Stone, C. R. Hagen, Howard P. Robertson, Ronald Drever, John Pendry, and Kees Schouhamer Immink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Robert Bacher ranks 330. Before him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Chick Webb, Lev Arnshtam, Mulk Raj Anand, Kay Francis, and Leroy Carr. After him are Tommy Flowers, Tex Ritter, Eleanor Audley, Kenneth Rexroth, John Hoyt, and Jules Pappaert. Among people deceased in 2004, Robert Bacher ranks 256. Before him are Lennart Strand, Julius Sang, Vilayat Khan, Mulk Raj Anand, Jacek Kaczmarski, and Nirupa Roy. After him are Bill Pickering, Alan King, Kamisese Mara, Sylvi Saimo, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Beyers Naudé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Bacher ranks 9,483 out of 18,182. Before him are Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974), Leroy Carr (1905), John Bell (1796), Kathy Hilton (1959), Aaron Swartz (1986), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953). After him are Linda Lavin (1937), Arabian Prince (1965), Kenny Garrett (1960), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Yancy Butler (1970), and Veronica Hamel (1943).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert Bacher ranks 153. Before him are John Clauser (1942), Charles W. Misner (1932), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Harvey Fletcher (1884), Seymour Benzer (1921), and Karl Taylor Compton (1887). After him are Edward C. Stone (1936), C. R. Hagen (1937), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Erwin Hahn (1921), Sidney Coleman (1937), and Shirley Ann Jackson (1946).

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