PHYSICIST

Arthur Schuster

1851 - 1934

Arthur Schuster

Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (12 September 1851 – 14 October 1934) was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics. Schuster's integral is named after him. He contributed to making the University of Manchester a centre for the study of physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Schuster is the 731st most popular physicist (up from 751st in 2019), the 5,112th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,259th in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Arthur Schuster ranks 731 out of 851. Before him are Rudolf Haag, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Nicholas Metropolis, Gerald Guralnik, Karl Taylor Compton, and Walter Gordon. After him are James Hartle, Gregor Wentzel, Roald Sagdeev, Mordehai Milgrom, Valentine Telegdi, and Vilho Väisälä.

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Rudolf Haag
1922 - 2016
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 725
Boris Borisovich Golitsyn
1862 - 1916
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 726
Nicholas Metropolis
1915 - 1999
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 727
Gerald Guralnik
1936 - 2014
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 728
Karl Taylor Compton
1887 - 1954
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 729
Walter Gordon
1893 - 1939
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 730
Arthur Schuster
1851 - 1934
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 731
James Hartle
1939 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 732
Gregor Wentzel
1898 - 1978
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 733
Roald Sagdeev
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 734
Mordehai Milgrom
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 735
Valentine Telegdi
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 736
Vilho Väisälä
1889 - 1969
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 737

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Arthur Schuster ranks 95. Before him are Thérèse Schwartze, Friedrich von Scholtz, Abraham Berge, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, and Juan Gualberto González. After him are Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Ivan Tavčar, Walter Reed, Theo de Meester, William Mitchell Ramsay, and Berthold Englisch. Among people deceased in 1934, Arthur Schuster ranks 149. Before him are Hélène Boucher, Cass Gilbert, Frank J. Sprague, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Augusto Pestana, and Lou Tellegen. After him are Gustav de Vries, Leonid Sobinov, William H. Welch, Emiliano González Navero, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Júlia Lopes de Almeida.

Others Born in 1851

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Thérèse Schwartze
PAINTER
1851 - 1918
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 89
Friedrich von Scholtz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1851 - 1927
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 90
Abraham Berge
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1936
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 91
Rainer Ludwig Claisen
CHEMIST
1851 - 1930
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 92
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
WRITER
1851 - 1921
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 93
Juan Gualberto González
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1912
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 94
Arthur Schuster
PHYSICIST
1851 - 1934
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 95
Thomas Pollock Anshutz
PAINTER
1851 - 1912
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 96
Ivan Tavčar
WRITER
1851 - 1923
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 97
Walter Reed
PHYSICIAN
1851 - 1902
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 98
Theo de Meester
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1919
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 99
William Mitchell Ramsay
HISTORIAN
1851 - 1939
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 100
Berthold Englisch
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1897
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 101