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Étienne-Gaspard Robert

1763 - 1837

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Étienne-Gaspard Robert (15 June 1763 – 2 July 1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Liégeois (now part of Belgium) physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Gaspard Robert has received more than 67,725 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Étienne-Gaspard Robert is the 551st most popular physicist (down from 542nd in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 462nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 551 out of 717. Before him are Gustave Trouvé, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Giuseppe Occhialini, William D. Coolidge, Charles Kittel, and Bert Bolin. After him are Ferdinand Monoyer, Abraham Alikhanov, David Deutsch, Carl August von Steinheil, Théophile de Donder, and Wander Johannes de Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 35. Before him are Fyodor Rostopchin, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Johann Baptist Allgaier, and Johan David Åkerblad. After him are Dmitry Senyavin, Pierre Adet, Johann Gottfried Seume, Wolfe Tone, and William Cobbett. Among people deceased in 1837, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 37. Before him are Yuri Lisyansky, Alexander Bestuzhev, John Soane, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Valentino Fioravanti, and Joseph Grimaldi. After him are Diego Portales, Ayub Shah Durrani, Herman of Alaska, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Pavel Schilling, and Ivan Dmitriev.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 487 out of 1,019. Before him are Jijé (1914), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), Thomas Vermaelen (1985), Justine Henin (1982), and Marie Popelin (1846). After him are Ludo Martens (1946), Léon Delacroix (1867), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Théophile de Donder (1872), Joël Robert (1943), and Willy Vandersteen (1913).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Belgium

Among physicists born in Belgium, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 4. Before him are Georges Lemaître (1894), François Englert (1932), and Joseph Plateau (1801). After him are Théophile de Donder (1872) and Léon Rosenfeld (1904).

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