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Alfred Kleiner

1849 - 1916

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Alfred Kleiner (24 April 1849 – 3 July 1916) was a Swiss physicist and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Zurich. He was Albert Einstein's doctoral advisor or Doktorvater. Initially Einstein's advisor was Heinrich F. Weber. However, they had a major falling out, and Einstein chose to switch to Kleiner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Kleiner is the 682nd most popular physicist (down from 601st in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alfred Kleiner ranks 682 out of 851. Before him are Edward Andrade, Francis Hauksbee, Lisa Randall, Ralph Kronig, Hertha Sponer, and Gregory Breit. After him are Paul Peter Ewald, Aleksandr Andronov, Bert Bolin, Sulamith Goldhaber, Edwin H. Land, and John Iliopoulos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Alfred Kleiner ranks 95. Before him are William Knox D'Arcy, John Hartley, Rafael Reyes, George Washington Williams, Joaquim Nabuco, and Princess Marie of Hanover. After him are Eugen Huber, Louis Glineur, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, William Merritt Chase, Horace Lamb, and Henry Clay Frick. Among people deceased in 1916, Alfred Kleiner ranks 130. Before him are Alfred Cogniaux, Paul von Plehwe, Cleveland Abbe, Giuseppe Pitrè, Joseph Jacobs, and Guido Romano. After him are Clements Markham, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Sámuel Teleki, Béla Békessy, William Merritt Chase, and Lorenzo Latorre.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Kleiner ranks 542 out of 1,015. Before him are Frank Séchehaye (1907), Hedy Schlunegger (1923), Arnold Henry Guyot (1807), Haris Seferović (1992), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), and Adolf Spinnler (1879). After him are Eugen Huber (1849), Henri Dès (1940), Daniel Bernhardt (1965), Adolf Muschg (1934), Patrick Moraz (1948), and Pierre Graber (1908).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Switzerland

Among physicists born in Switzerland, Alfred Kleiner ranks 14. Before him are Walter H. Schottky (1886), Raoul Pictet (1846), Walther Ritz (1878), Jakob II Bernoulli (1759), Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724), and Paul Scherrer (1890). After him are Ernst Stueckelberg (1905).

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