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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 467,740 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. William Whewell is the 320th most popular physicist (down from 302nd in 2019), the 1,012th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,027th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Whewell ranks 320 out of 851. Before him are John Robert Schrieffer, Jan Ingenhousz, Ludwig Prandtl, Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, and Ernst Chladni. After him are John C. Mather, Kenneth G. Wilson, Henri Pitot, Samuel C. C. Ting, Thomas Johann Seebeck, and Bruno Pontecorvo.

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Contemporaries

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

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Whewell ranks 1,012 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Shankly (1913), Michael Nyman (1944), Colin Chapman (1928), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), and James Mason (1909). After him are Phil Neville (1977), Henry (1100), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Michael Smith (1932), Harriet Martineau (1802), and John Mayall (1933).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Whewell ranks 38. Before him are Andrew Huxley (1917), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Nevill Francis Mott (1905), Freeman Dyson (1923), and James Jeans (1877). After him are Joseph Swan (1828), John Stewart Bell (1928), William Sturgeon (1783), Stephen Hales (1677), Peter Mansfield (1933), and Duncan Haldane (1951).

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