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Vilho Väisälä

1889 - 1969

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Vilho Väisälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋilho ˈʋæi̯sælæ]; September 28, 1889 – August 12, 1969) was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala Oyj. After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilho Väisälä has received more than 27,272 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vilho Väisälä is the 705th most popular physicist (down from 666th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Finland (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vilho Väisälä ranks 705 out of 851. Before him are Elda Emma Anderson, Helen Quinn, Gregor Wentzel, Stuart Hameroff, Marcia Neugebauer, and Aleksandr Andronov. After him are Stanley Mandelstam, Ernst Stueckelberg, Elliott H. Lieb, Albert W. Hull, Nicholas Metropolis, and Bill Nye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vilho Väisälä ranks 251. Before him are Thomas Hart Benton, Nezihe Muhiddin, Efrem Zimbalist, Arthur Hohl, Lajos Asztalos, and Tryggvi Þórhallsson. After him are Francis Spellman, Nikolai Aseev, Otto Scheff, Anna Kéthly, Rolf Johnsson, and Hans Walter. Among people deceased in 1969, Vilho Väisälä ranks 195. Before him are Ramdas Gandhi, Hans Deppe, Marcel Riesz, Vernon Duke, Skip James, and Corneliu Robe. After him are Óscar Osorio, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Veli Saarinen, Stratis Myrivilis, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, and Bruno Söderström.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 326 out of 751. Before him are Miina Sillanpää (1866), Adolf Lindfors (1879), Kirka (1950), Teemu Selänne (1970), Tauno Palo (1908), and Tapio Mäkelä (1926). After him are Mirja Hietamies (1931), Timo Soini (1962), Claes Andersson (1937), Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), and Oskar Gripenberg (1838).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Finland

Among physicists born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 2. Before him are Gunnar Nordström (1881).

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