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William Gilbert

1544 - 1603

William Gilbert

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. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600), and is credited as one of the originators of the term "electricity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gilbert has received more than 32,603 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 56th most popular physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among PHYSICISTS, William Gilbert ranks 56 out of 659. Before him are Christian Doppler, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Wilhelm Wien, Max Born, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Otto von Guericke. After him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Otto Stern, Gabriel Lippmann, Robert Andrews Millikan, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, and Mikhail Lomonosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1544, William Gilbert ranks 3. Before him are Francis II of France and Torquato Tasso. After him are Anna of Saxony, Renata of Lorraine, Maria Temryukovna, Sigismund Rákóczi, 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, Pierre Charron, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Maerten de Vos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gilbert ranks 168 out of 5,347. Before him are Francis Crick (1916), Roald Dahl (1916), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Phil Collins (1951), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), and Henry V of England (1386). After him are Bobby Charlton (1937), Bon Scott (1946), Ada Lovelace (1815), Mick Jagger (1943), William Ramsay (1852), and Thomas Henry Huxley (1825).

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