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Vagn Walfrid Ekman

1874 - 1954

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Vagn Walfrid Ekman (3 May 1874 – 9 March 1954) was a Swedish oceanographer.Born in Stockholm to Fredrik Laurentz Ekman, himself an oceanographer, he became committed to oceanography while studying physics at the University of Uppsala and, in particular, on hearing Vilhelm Bjerknes lecture on fluid dynamics. During the expedition of the Fram, Fridtjof Nansen had observed that icebergs tend to drift not in the direction of the prevailing wind but at an angle of 20°-40° to the right. Bjerknes invited Ekman, still a student, to investigate the problem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vagn Walfrid Ekman has received more than 56,380 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vagn Walfrid Ekman is the 312th most popular physicist (up from 578th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 585th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Vagn Walfrid Ekman has had the most page views in the with 5,116 views, followed by Chinese (2,068), and Russian (1,469). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (417.83%), Egyptian Arabic (326.89%), and Esperanto (137.14%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 312 out of 851. Before him are Hélène Langevin-Joliot, David Gross, Ratko Janev, Paul-Jacques Curie, Moshé Feldenkrais, and James Jeans. After him are John Robert Schrieffer, Jan Ingenhousz, Ludwig Prandtl, Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, and Ernst Chladni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 45. Before him are Auguste Perret, Charles Lightoller, Ellery Harding Clark, Reynaldo Hahn, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, and Charles Ives. After him are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Otto Mueller, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, D. F. Malan, Henri Farman, and Elsa Beskow. Among people deceased in 1954, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 35. Before him are Sadriddin Ayni, Ivan Ilyin, Thea von Harbou, Marius Jacob, Franco Alfano, and Charles Ives. After him are Archduke Eugen of Austria, Marianne Weber, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Günther Quandt, and Edwin Howard Armstrong.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 192 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunilla Bielke (1568), Hans Blix (1928), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), Bo Larsson (1944), Inge the Younger (1100), and Britt Ekland (1942). After him are Anna Lindh (1957), John I of Sweden (1201), Michael Nyqvist (1960), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), and Ingvar Carlsson (1934).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Vagn Walfrid Ekman ranks 8. Before him are Gustaf Dalén (1869), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), Hannes Alfvén (1908), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), and Johannes Rydberg (1854). After him are Oskar Klein (1894), Christopher Polhem (1661), Knut Ångström (1857), Wilhelm Hisinger (1766), Bert Bolin (1925), and Max Tegmark (1967).

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