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Yakov Frenkel

1894 - 1952

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Yakov Il'ich Frenkel (Russian: Яков Ильич Френкель; 10 February 1894 – 23 January 1952) was a Soviet physicist renowned for his works in the field of condensed-matter physics. He is also known as Jacov Frenkel, frequently using the name J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Frenkel has received more than 72,954 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yakov Frenkel is the 571st most popular physicist (down from 557th in 2019), the 1,439th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,263rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yakov Frenkel ranks 571 out of 717Before him are Gustav Mie, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Ludvig Faddeev, Lev Artsimovich, Francis Hauksbee, and Fabiola Gianotti. After him are Alfred Perot, Emil Warburg, José Celestino Mutis, Victor J. Stenger, Burkhard Heim, and Edith Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Yakov Frenkel ranks 170Before him are Esfir Shub, Henryk Sławik, Nita Naldi, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Arkady Fiedler, and Florbela Espanca. After him are Francis Hunter, Edwin Linkomies, Heinz Hopf, Alfred Berger, Tiny Sandford, and Yan Gamarnik. Among people deceased in 1952, Yakov Frenkel ranks 113Before him are Vladimir Albitsky, Solomon Lozovsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, Artur Kapp, Itzik Feffer, and Jack Conway. After him are Teffi, Jonas Staugaitis, Curly Howard, Joseph Avenol, Forest Ray Moulton, and Guido Castelnuovo.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Frenkel ranks 1,439 out of 3,262Before him are Daniil Granin (1919), Anatoli Firsov (1941), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Pyotr Gavrilov (1900), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), and Boris Eikhenbaum (1886). After him are Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), Sergei Vasilenko (1872), Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Teffi (1872), Maria Itkina (1932), and Aleksandr Abdulov (1953).

Among PHYSICISTS In Russia

Among physicists born in Russia, Yakov Frenkel ranks 34Before him are Boris Rosing (1869), Vladimir Steklov (1864), Max Wien (1866), Aleksandr Stoletov (1839), Ludvig Faddeev (1934), and Lev Artsimovich (1909). After him are Alexander Markovich Polyakov (1945), Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862), Barys Kit (1910), Leonid Sedov (1907), Nikolay Umov (1846), and Aleksandr Andronov (1901).