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Étienne-Louis Malus

1775 - 1812

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Étienne-Louis Malus (; French: [e.tjɛn.lwi ma.lys]; 23 July 1775 – 23 February 1812) was a French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician. Malus was born in Paris, France. He participated in Napoleon's expedition into Egypt (1798 to 1801) and was a member of the mathematics section of the Institut d'Égypte. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne-Louis Malus has received more than 78,717 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Étienne-Louis Malus is the 183rd most popular mathematician (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,344th most popular biography from France (down from 1,215th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Mathematician.

Étienne-Louis Malus was a French physicist who discovered the law of linear polarization in optics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 183 out of 823. Before him are Ernst Kummer, Ahmes, Michael Atiyah, Jean-Pierre Serre, Camille Jordan, and Maria Reiche. After him are Theaetetus, Ibn Yunus, Paul Guldin, Vladimir Arnold, Al-Karaji, and Antoine Augustin Cournot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 13. Before him are Lucien Bonaparte, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Ching Shih, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Georg Friedrich Grotefend. After him are Adam Albert von Neipperg, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Matthew Lewis, Farkas Bolyai, and Bernhard Crusell. Among people deceased in 1812, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 5. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pyotr Bagration, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Sacagawea. After him are George Clinton, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Marianna Martines, Spencer Perceval, and Hieronymus von Colloredo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 1,344 out of 6,011. Before him are Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Georges Auric (1899), François Clouet (1510), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Lambert Wilson (1958). After him are Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Georges Bidault (1899), Ansegisel (602), Alain-Fournier (1886), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), and Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Étienne-Louis Malus ranks 39. Before him are Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), André Weil (1906), René Thom (1923), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), and Camille Jordan (1838). After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Édouard Lucas (1842), Élie Cartan (1869), and Gilles de Roberval (1602).

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