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Borys Paton

1918 - 2020

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Borys Yevhenovych Paton (Ukrainian: Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020) was a Ukrainian scientist and a long-time chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was appointed to this post in 1962 and held it until his death. Paton, like his father Evgeny Paton, was famous for his work in electric welding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Borys Paton is the 119th most popular engineer (up from 129th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 331st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Engineer.

Boris Paton is most famous for his work on the theory of the electron. He was a Soviet physicist who was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the author of many books and articles.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Borys Paton ranks 119 out of 389. Before him are Sergei Khrushchev, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Erich Topp, Eupalinos, Erik Dahlbergh, and Henry Darcy. After him are Alexander Cunningham, Valdemar Poulsen, Yevgeny Dragunov, Ivan Sechenov, Rory Byrne, and Guenther Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Borys Paton ranks 107. Before him are Henry Calvin, Abba Kovner, Lo Wei, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, and Ida Lupino. After him are Ajahn Chah, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Adolfo Pedernera, Massimo Girotti, Jerome Robbins, and Alejandro Agustín Lanusse. Among people deceased in 2020, Borys Paton ranks 165. Before him are Albert Memmi, Benjamin Mkapa, Manolis Glezos, Amadeo Carrizo, Walid Muallem, and Shirley Knight. After him are Pierre Nkurunziza, Louis Nirenberg, Shin Kyuk-ho, Astrid Kirchherr, Nikolay Shmatko, and Hans Tilkowski.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Borys Paton ranks 316 out of 1,365. Before him are Grigory Petrovsky (1878), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Rostislav I of Kiev (1110), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Dmitry Manuilsky (1883), and Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922). After him are Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko (1883), Irina Press (1939), Vitaliy Masol (1928), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), and Nikolay Shmatko (1943).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine

Among engineers born in Ukraine, Borys Paton ranks 5. Before him are Sergei Korolev (1906), Valentin Glushko (1908), Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), and Stephen Timoshenko (1878). After him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Markus Reiner (1886), Georgy Langemak (1898), and Sergey Volkov (1973).

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