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Augusto Righi

1850 - 1920

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Augusto Righi (Italian: [auˈgusto ˈrigi]; 27 August 1850 – 8 June 1920) was an Italian physicist who was one of the first scientists to produce microwaves. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augusto Righi is the 494th most popular physicist (up from 556th in 2019), the 2,692nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,120th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Augusto Righi ranks 494 out of 851. Before him are Theodore Hall, Jayant Narlikar, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Christian Mayer, Toshiko Yuasa, and Meghnad Saha. After him are Heinrich Rubens, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Emil Warburg, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Robert Serber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Augusto Righi ranks 59. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Cut Nyak Dhien, Alphonse Pénaud, Gregory VII of Constantinople, and Josias von Heeringen. After him are Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Alfred Edwards, Victoria Benedictsson, Enrico Cecchetti, Princess Therese of Bavaria, and Aleksander Gierymski. Among people deceased in 1920, Augusto Righi ranks 58. Before him are Hector Hodler, Moritz Cantor, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Richard Dehmel, Arthur Johnson, and Charles Tomlinson Griffes. After him are John Wesley Hyatt, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Edmund Barton, Remus von Woyrsch, Maciej Sulkiewicz, and Grigory Potanin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Augusto Righi ranks 2,692 out of 5,161. Before him are Patty Pravo (1948), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (1564), Emma of Italy (null), Salvatore De Giorgi (1930), Ugolino di Nerio (1280), and Massimo Ranieri (1951). After him are Paul Henreid (1908), Pasquale Cicogna (1509), Costante Girardengo (1893), Mauro Codussi (1440), Bartolomeo Carducci (1554), and Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Augusto Righi ranks 21. Before him are Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), Carlo Matteucci (1811), Gabriele Veneziano (1942), Carlo Rovelli (1956), and Macedonio Melloni (1798). After him are Giovanni Aldini (1762), Nicola Cabibbo (1935), Edoardo Amaldi (1908), Giovanni Poleni (1683), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), and Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716).

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