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Theodore Lyman IV

1874 - 1954

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Theodore Lyman IV (; November 23, 1874 – October 11, 1954) was an American physicist and spectroscopist, born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, from which he also received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Lyman IV has received more than 29,277 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Theodore Lyman IV is the 549th most popular physicist (up from 605th in 2019), the 4,717th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,153rd in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Theodore Lyman IV ranks 549 out of 851. Before him are Artem Alikhanian, Heinz von Foerster, Norman Holter, Lev Artsimovich, C. P. Snow, and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. After him are David Deutsch, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Georg Hermann Quincke, Albert Betz, Leopoldo Nobili, and Augusto Righi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Theodore Lyman IV ranks 132. Before him are Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nasrullah Khan, Charles Fort, Władysław Grabski, Dimitrios Golemis, and Billy Meredith. After him are Frederic Clements, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Fejzi Alizoti, Albert Capellani, Henri Deloge, and Charles Despiau. Among people deceased in 1954, Theodore Lyman IV ranks 91. Before him are Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Oswald de Andrade, Vilhelm Buhl, Mikhail Prishvin, Agus Salim, and Franz Josef Popp. After him are William Hoyt, Werner Bischof, Jacques Mieses, Zofia Nałkowska, Tang Enbo, and Leonard Eugene Dickson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Lyman IV ranks 4,717 out of 20,380. Before him are William Cameron Menzies (1896), Matisyahu (1979), Malcom McLean (1913), Bridget Moynahan (1971), Jesse Eisenberg (1983), and Gene Tunney (1897). After him are Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), Stormy Daniels (1979), William Hoyt (1875), Claudette Colvin (1939), and David Geffen (1943).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Theodore Lyman IV ranks 111. Before him are John Henry Schwarz (1941), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Edward Condon (1902), Bryce DeWitt (1923), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), and Norman Holter (1914). After him are John G. Trump (1907), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Kenneth Bainbridge (1904), Charles W. Misner (1932), William D. Coolidge (1873), and Wallace Clement Sabine (1868).

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