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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 physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. 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 72,549 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Étienne-Gaspard Robert is the 604th most popular physicist (down from 551st in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 486th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 604 out of 851. Before him are Toshiko Yuasa, Heinrich Kayser, Alfred Kleiner, Robert H. Dicke, Henry Augustus Rowland, and Wilhelm Hisinger. After him are Robert Mills, Marcel Brillouin, Burkhard Heim, Bert Bolin, James Hansen, and John D. Barrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 36. Before him are Johan David Åkerblad, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Dmitry Senyavin, and Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Pierre Adet, Johann Gottfried Seume, Wolfe Tone, Jens Esmark, William Cobbett, and János Batsányi. Among people deceased in 1837, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 39. Before him are Alexander Bestuzhev, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Herman of Alaska, John Soane, Diego Portales, and Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Pavel Schilling, Joseph Grimaldi, Ayub Shah Durrani, Edward Donovan, and Ivan Dmitriev.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 565 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Eekhoud (1854), Charles de Broqueville (1860), Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri Grégoire (1881), Arthur Legat (1898), and Ferdinand Bracke (1939). After him are Georges Ronsse (1906), Claude Criquielion (1957), Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790), Guido Reybrouck (1941), Camille Lemonnier (1844), and Virginie Efira (1977).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Belgium

Among physicists born in Belgium, Étienne-Gaspard Robert ranks 5. Before him are Georges Lemaître (1894), François Englert (1932), Joseph Plateau (1801), and Théophile de Donder (1872). After him are Léon Rosenfeld (1904), and Conny Aerts (1966).

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