1794 - 1866
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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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.
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 296
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 297
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 298
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 299
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 300
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 301
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 302
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 303
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 304
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 305
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 306
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 307
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 308
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.
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 3
1794 - 1877
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 5
1794 - 1865
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 6
1794 - 1870
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 7
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 8
1794 - 1827
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 9
1794 - 1850
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 10
1794 - 1864
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 11
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 12
1794 - 1880
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 13
1794 - 1884
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 14
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 1
1790 - 1866
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 2
1782 - 1866
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 3
1802 - 1866
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 4
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 5
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 7
1846 - 1866
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 8
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 9
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 10
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 11
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 12
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 13
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).
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 1,023
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,024
1689 - 1717
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 1,025
1506 - 1552
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,026
1968 - 2007
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,027
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,028
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,029
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,030
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,031
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,032
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,033
1198 - 1249
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,034
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,035
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).
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 34
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 35
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 36
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 37
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 38
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 39
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 40
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 41
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 42
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 43
1783 - 1850
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 44
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 46