1763 - 1837
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 67,068 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, 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.
1839 - 1902
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 545
1804 - 1883
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 546
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 547
1873 - 1975
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 548
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 549
1925 - 2007
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 550
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 551
1836 - 1912
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 552
1904 - 1970
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 553
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 554
1801 - 1870
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 555
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 556
1878 - 1960
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 557
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.
1763 - 1826
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 29
1763 - 1810
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 30
1763 - 1839
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 31
1763 - 1837
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 32
1763 - 1823
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 33
1763 - 1819
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 34
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 35
1763 - 1831
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 36
1763 - 1834
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 37
1763 - 1810
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 38
1763 - 1798
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 39
1763 - 1835
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 40
1773 - 1837
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 31
1797 - 1837
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 32
1753 - 1837
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 33
1763 - 1837
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 34
1764 - 1837
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 35
1778 - 1837
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 36
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 37
1793 - 1837
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 38
1800 - 1837
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 39
1756 - 1837
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 40
1768 - 1837
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 41
1786 - 1837
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 42
1760 - 1837
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 43
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).
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 481
1912 - 1979
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 482
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 483
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 484
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 485
1846 - 1913
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 486
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 487
1946 - 2011
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 488
1867 - 1929
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 489
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 490
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 491
1943 - 2021
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 492
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 493
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).
1894 - 1966
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 1
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 2
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 3
1763 - 1837
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 4
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 5
1904 - 1974
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 6