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William Stanley Jr.

1858 - 1916

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William Stanley Jr. (November 28, 1858 – May 14, 1916) was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York. During his career, he obtained 129 patents covering a variety of electric devices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Stanley Jr. has received more than 115,762 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Stanley Jr. is the 743rd most popular physicist (down from 480th in 2019), the 9,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,003rd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Physicist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Stanley Jr. ranks 743 out of 851. Before him are Gersh Budker, Alan Cottrell, Bernard Lovell, Paul Corkum, Hubert Curien, and George F. R. Ellis. After him are Ernst Ising, Frank Benford, Gilbert Walker, Juan Martín Maldacena, Kees Schouhamer Immink, and Miguel Alcubierre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, William Stanley Jr. ranks 133. Before him are Liberty Hyde Bailey, May Robson, Maurice Prendergast, Alfred Capus, José Leite de Vasconcelos, and Willard Metcalf. After him are Tom Clarke, Edgeworth David, Mary Harrison McKee, José Luis Tamayo, George Washington Goethals, and Zdenka Braunerová. Among people deceased in 1916, William Stanley Jr. ranks 144. Before him are Aeneas Mackintosh, Oskar Gripenberg, Guido Gozzano, Hermann Martens, Béla Békessy, and Jørgen Pedersen Gram. After him are Tom Clarke, Lydia Zvereva, George Butterworth, Samu Fóti, Joseph Plunkett, and Wilhelm Lützow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Stanley Jr. ranks 9,035 out of 20,380. Before him are Jesse Plemons (1988), Carmine Caridi (1934), Milt Kahl (1909), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Chris Hillman (1944), and Ray Bryant (1931). After him are Dolores Huerta (1930), Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Mildred Wiley (1901), Kevin Von Erich (1957), Lonnie Johnson (1899), and Estelle Reiner (1914).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, William Stanley Jr. ranks 163. Before him are Arthur Wightman (1922), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Harvey Fletcher (1884), C. R. Hagen (1937), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Seymour Benzer (1921). After him are Frank Benford (1883), Conyers Herring (1914), Robert Marshak (1916), Sidney Coleman (1937), Robert Bacher (1905), and Shirley Ann Jackson (1946).

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