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Balfour Stewart

1828 - 1887

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Balfour Stewart (1 November 1828 – 19 December 1887) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. In 1859 he was appointed director of Kew Observatory. He was elected professor of physics at Owens College, Manchester, and retained that chair until his death, which happened near Drogheda, in Ireland, on 19 December 1887. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balfour Stewart is the 751st most popular physicist (up from 758th in 2019), the 4,841st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,768th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Balfour Stewart ranks 751 out of 851. Before him are Hubert Curien, Adriaan Fokker, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Stanton T. Friedman, and John Hopkinson. After him are Max Tegmark, Elda Emma Anderson, Mary K. Gaillard, John Pendry, Brian Cox, and Frank Benford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Balfour Stewart ranks 67. Before him are Morten Müller, George Crook, Kanō Hōgai, Joshua Chamberlain, Ignacio de Veintemilla, and Charles Allston Collins. After him are Thomas F. Bayard, and Margaret Oliphant. Among people deceased in 1887, Balfour Stewart ranks 60. Before him are José Rufino Echenique, Dorothea Dix, George Alexander Macfarren, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Semyon Nadson, and Alfred Domett. After him are Albert Parsons, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert M. T. Hunter, Daniel Manning, and Dinah Craik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Balfour Stewart ranks 4,842 out of 8,785. Before him are Pino Palladino (1957), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Sam Brown (1964), Graham Potter (1975), John Wain (1925), and George Goulding (1884). After him are Mick Avory (1944), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Goodall (1863), Alistair Overeem (1980), and William Duesbury (1725).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Balfour Stewart ranks 82. Before him are Brandon Carter (1942), Edward Andrade (1887), Francis Hauksbee (1660), Raymond Gosling (1926), Peter Mark Roget (1779), and John Hopkinson (1849). After him are John Pendry (1943), Brian Cox (1968), Charles Sheffield (1935), Ronald Drever (1931), Julian Barbour (1937), and Jeffrey Goldstone (1933).

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