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William Whewell

1794 - 1866

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William Whewell ( HEW-əl; 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master at Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Whewell has received more than 434,030 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Whewell is the 302nd most popular physicist (down from 301st in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,127th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Physicist.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Whewell ranks 302 out of 717. Before him are Yuri Oganessian, Freeman Dyson, Valentin Ceaușescu, Paul-Jacques Curie, Pierre Louis Dulong, and Peter Mansfield. After him are Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Friedrich Hund, Kenneth G. Wilson, Edmond Becquerel, Horst Ludwig Störmer, and Stephen Hales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, William Whewell ranks 8. Before him are Matthew C. Perry, Elias Magnus Fries, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Theobald Boehm, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, and Ignaz Moscheles. After him are Wilhelm Müller, Józef Bem, Aimable Pélissier, Ami Boué, Léon Cogniet, and Eduard Rüppell. Among people deceased in 1866, William Whewell ranks 7. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, George Everest, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Miguel I of Portugal, Karl Ludwig Hencke, and Chief Seattle. After him are Tokugawa Iemochi, Hermann Goldschmidt, Thomas Hodgkin, Adolph Diesterweg, Philipp Franz von Siebold, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Whewell ranks 1,029 out of 7,765. Before him are J. Michael Kosterlitz (1943), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Colin McRae (1968), and Peter Mansfield (1933). After him are Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), and Bob Hope (1903).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Whewell ranks 40. Before him are John Cockcroft (1897), Joseph Swan (1828), Patrick Blackett (1897), Brian Josephson (1940), Freeman Dyson (1923), and Peter Mansfield (1933). After him are Stephen Hales (1677), John Stewart Bell (1928), James Jeans (1877), William Sturgeon (1783), John Henry Poynting (1852), and Duncan Haldane (1951).

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