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PHYSICIST

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 25,197 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilho Väisälä is the 666th most popular physicist (down from 623rd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Finland (down from 254th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vilho Väisälä ranks 666 out of 717Before him are Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, Brandon Carter, Antonius van den Broek, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. After him are Julian Barbour, Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, Joseph Polchinski, and Bernard Lovell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vilho Väisälä ranks 222Before him are Anna Kéthly, Paul Nash, Harry Clarke, Rolf Johnsson, Tom Naudé, and Lajos Asztalos. After him are Minta Durfee, Arnulf Øverland, Wesley Ruggles, Claude McKay, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Carl Bertilsson. Among people deceased in 1969, Vilho Väisälä ranks 171Before him are Eero Berg, Corneliu Robe, Veli Saarinen, Barton MacLane, Walter Hagen, and Tom Naudé. After him are Óscar Osorio, Leigh Harline, Károly Dietz, Miles Dempsey, Vernon Duke, and Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 304 out of 642Before him are Antero Kivi (1904), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Olli Rehn (1962), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Pertti Karppinen (1953), and Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903). After him are Sulo Bärlund (1910), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Tua Forsström (1947), Pekka Vasala (1948), and Mr Lordi (1974).

Among PHYSICISTS In Finland

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