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Stanford R. Ovshinsky

1922 - 2012

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Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 – October 17, 2012) was an American engineer, scientist and inventor who over a span of fifty years was granted well over 400 patents, mostly in the areas of energy and information. Many of his inventions have had wide-ranging applications. Among the most prominent are: the nickel-metal hydride battery, which has been widely used in laptop computers, digital cameras, cell phones, and electric and hybrid cars; flexible thin-film solar energy laminates and panels; flat panel liquid crystal displays; rewritable CD and DVD discs; hydrogen fuel cells; and nonvolatile phase-change memory. Ovshinsky opened the scientific field of amorphous and disordered materials in the course of his research in the 1940s and 50s in neurophysiology, neural disease, the nature of intelligence in mammals and machines, and cybernetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanford R. Ovshinsky is the 404th most popular inventor, the 11,498th most popular biography from United States and the 119th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 404 out of 426. Before him are Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, and Charles F. Kettering. After him are Kamil Tolon, Richard Pearse, Roger C. Field, Clarence Birdseye, Charles Ammi Cutter, and Lawrence Hargrave.

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Among people born in 1922, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 431. Before him are Emil Wolf, Dick King-Smith, Leslie Marr, Bert I. Gordon, Johnny Thomson, and John B. Anderson. After him are Helen Gurley Brown, Bill Macy, Ivor Broadis, Miloslava Misáková, Audrey Meadows, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. Among people deceased in 2012, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 450. Before him are Elizabeth Catlett, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Phyllis Thaxter, Josef Kloimstein, Alan G. Poindexter, and Phillip V. Tobias. After him are Milt Campbell, Ronald Stretton, Barry Unsworth, Joe Paterno, Les Leston, and Andrew Sarris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 11,498 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), Jim Nabors (1930), Jenifer Lewis (1957), Levi Leipheimer (1973), Reid Hoffman (1967), and James Corson (1906). After him are Jerry Vale (1930), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Fabiano Caruana (1992), John Henninger Reagan (1818), Benjamin Silliman (1779), and Jason Williams (1975).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 119. Before him are Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Peter Cooper (1791), Arthur Fry (1931), and Charles F. Kettering (1958). After him are Clarence Birdseye (1886), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), John F. Seitz (1892), Sarah E. Goode (1855), Marc Andreessen (1971), and Valerie Thomas (1943).

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