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Alfred Ewing

1855 - 1935

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Sir James Alfred Ewing MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis. It was said of Ewing that he was 'Careful at all times of his appearance, his suits were mostly grey, added to which he generally wore – whatever the fashion – a white piqué stripe to his waistcoat, a mauve shirt, a white butterfly collar and a dark blue bow tie with white spots.' He was regarded as brilliant and successful, but was conscious of his dignity and position. On appointment to head the newly created Admiralty codebreaking department, the Director of Naval Intelligence, Henry Oliver, described him as 'too distinguished a man to be placed officially under the orders of the Director of Intelligence or Chief of Staff'. His first wife, Annie, was an American, a great great niece of George Washington. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Ewing is the 502nd most popular physicist (up from 693rd in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,932nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alfred Ewing ranks 502 out of 851. Before him are Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Emil Warburg, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Robert Serber, and Charles Galton Darwin. After him are Eugen Goldstein, Gaspard de Prony, Giovanni Aldini, Pierre Victor Auger, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Frederick Guthrie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Alfred Ewing ranks 56. Before him are Hermes da Fonseca, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Hugo von Pohl, Rodolphe Lindt, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Jean Lorrain. After him are Julius Röntgen, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Eugène Boch, Nataliya Kobrynska, Princess Marie of Prussia, and Marie-Joseph Lagrange. Among people deceased in 1935, Alfred Ewing ranks 81. Before him are Photius II of Constantinople, Johannes Thiele, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Pyotr Kozlov, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Mack Swain. After him are Erich von Hornbostel, Viggo Johansen, Zequinha de Abreu, Virginie Demont-Breton, Huey Long, and Albert Ayat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Ewing ranks 2,498 out of 8,785. Before him are Benedict Biscop (628), Frederick Holman (1885), Jane Asher (1946), Roger Bannister (1929), Colin Groves (1942), and Sadiq Khan (1970). After him are Robert Brown (1921), Ernest William Brown (1866), Charlotte Smith (1749), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), William Etty (1787), and Josephine Butler (1828).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Alfred Ewing ranks 54. Before him are William Watson (1715), Louis Harold Gray (1905), John Henry Poynting (1852), John Dollond (1706), John Canton (1718), and John Houghton (1931). After him are Frederick Guthrie (1833), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), John Leslie (1766), Paul Davies (1946), William Robert Grove (1811), and Joseph Larmor (1857).

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