1544 - 1603
William Gilbert (; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gilbert has received more than 35,904 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). William Gilbert is the 49th most popular physicist (up from 56th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 168th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Physicist.
William Gilbert is most famous for his work in the 1600s on magnetism. He coined the term "magnetism" and was one of the first to study it.
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Among physicists, William Gilbert ranks 49 out of 721. Before him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Paul Dirac, Hermann von Helmholtz, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Christian Doppler, and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. After him are Georges Lemaître, James Chadwick, Otto von Guericke, Wilhelm Wien, Max Born, and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin.
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 43
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 44
1821 - 1894
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 45
1837 - 1923
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 46
1803 - 1853
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 47
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 48
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 49
1894 - 1966
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 50
1891 - 1974
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 51
1602 - 1686
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 52
1864 - 1928
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 53
1882 - 1970
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 54
1824 - 1907
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 55
Among people born in 1544, William Gilbert ranks 2. Before him is Francis II of France. After him are Torquato Tasso, Ismihan Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Renata of Lorraine, Maria Temryukovna, Sigismund Rákóczi, Gillis van Coninxloo, and Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas. Among people deceased in 1603, William Gilbert ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth I of England, Mehmed III, and François Viète. After him are Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Andrea Cesalpino, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Maerten de Vos, Pierre Charron, Ostilio Ricci, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
1544 - 1560
HPI: 83.11
Rank: 1
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 2
1544 - 1595
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 3
1544 - 1585
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 4
1544 - 1577
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1544 - 1602
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 6
1544 - 1569
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 7
1544 - 1608
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 8
1544 - 1607
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 9
1544 - 1590
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
1533 - 1603
HPI: 90.91
Rank: 1
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 2
1540 - 1603
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 3
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 4
1528 - 1603
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 5
1549 - 1603
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 6
1519 - 1603
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 7
1543 - 1603
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 8
1532 - 1603
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 9
1541 - 1603
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 10
1540 - 1603
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 11
1539 - 1603
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gilbert ranks 165 out of 6,924. Before him are Mark Knopfler (1949), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Humphry Davy (1778), Joseph Priestley (1733), Mick Jagger (1943), and Alfred Marshall (1842). After him are Francis Crick (1916), Howard Carter (1874), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Edward Smith (1850), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Olav V of Norway (1903).
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 159
1759 - 1797
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 160
1778 - 1829
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 161
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 162
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 163
1842 - 1924
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 164
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 165
1916 - 2004
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 166
1874 - 1939
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 167
1665 - 1714
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 168
1850 - 1912
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 169
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 170
1903 - 1991
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 171
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Gilbert ranks 9. Before him are Michael Faraday (1791), James Prescott Joule (1818), James Clerk Maxwell (1831), Robert Hooke (1635), J. J. Thomson (1856), and Paul Dirac (1902). After him are James Chadwick (1891), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Peter Higgs (1929), and Owen Willans Richardson (1879).
1791 - 1867
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 3
1818 - 1889
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 4
1831 - 1879
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 5
1635 - 1703
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 6
1856 - 1940
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 7
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 8
1544 - 1603
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 9
1891 - 1974
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 10
1824 - 1907
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 11
1869 - 1959
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 12
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 13
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 14
1879 - 1959
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 15