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Robert Marshak

1916 - 1992

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Robert Eugene Marshak (October 11, 1916 – December 23, 1992) was an American physicist, educator, and eighth president of the City College of New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Marshak has received more than 78,548 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Marshak is the 761st most popular physicist, the 9,618th most popular biography from United States and the 166th most popular American Physicist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert Marshak ranks 761 out of 851. Before him are Bengt Edlén, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Yoseph Imry, Balfour Stewart, Rolf Landauer, and Valentine Telegdi. After him are Jürgen Kurths, Peter Zoller, Anatoly Logunov, Sidney Coleman, Robert Bacher, and Jacques Friedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Robert Marshak ranks 270. Before him are Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Ruy de Freitas, Kåre Holt, Jean Margéot, Manuel Chorens, and Virginia Gregg. After him are Paul Felix Schmidt, George Montgomery, Spark Matsunaga, Richard K. Guy, Shobhna Samarth, and Jeannette Campbell. Among people deceased in 1992, Robert Marshak ranks 240. Before him are Roy Acuff, George Adams, Albert Agarunov, Sterling Holloway, László Rajcsányi, and Bertalan Papp. After him are Kees Broekman, Eddie Hazel, Art Babbitt, Peter Hirt, Red Mitchell, and Tamara Lazakovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Marshak ranks 9,618 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Quinn (1935), Winston Churchill (1871), Andrew Hampsten (1962), Toni Frissell (1907), Ray Gillen (1959), and Paul Pilgrim (1883). After him are Florence Henderson (1934), Susan Lucci (1946), Gardnar Mulloy (1913), Walter Lord (1917), Joan Hackett (1934), and Laila Robins (1959).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert Marshak ranks 166. Before him are C. R. Hagen (1937), Joseph Polchinski (1954), Seymour Benzer (1921), William Stanley Jr. (1858), Frank Benford (1883), and Conyers Herring (1914). After him are Sidney Coleman (1937), Robert Bacher (1905), Shirley Ann Jackson (1946), Edward C. Stone (1936), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), and Erwin Hahn (1921).

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