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Christian Doppler

1803 - 1853

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Christian Andreas Doppler (; German: [ˈdɔplɐ] ; 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He formulated the principle – now known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Doppler is the 79th most popular physicist (down from 49th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Austria (down from 47th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Physicist.

Christian Doppler is most famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect. The Doppler effect is the change in frequency and wavelength of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christian Doppler ranks 79 out of 851. Before him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Max von Laue, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Edward Teller, James Chadwick, and Hermann von Helmholtz. After him are Ernst Mach, Manne Siegbahn, Luis Walter Alvarez, Victor Francis Hess, Gustaf Dalén, and Allan MacLeod Cormack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Christian Doppler ranks 2. Before him is Hector Berlioz. After him are Prosper Mérimée, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Justus von Liebig, Maria Anna of Savoy, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Adolphe Adam, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Albrecht von Roon, Flora Tristan, and Maria Teresa of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1853, Christian Doppler ranks 2. Before him is William R. King. After him are François Arago, Maria II of Portugal, Ludwig Tieck, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Leopold Gmelin, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Christian Doppler ranks 66 out of 1,424. Before him are Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Otto Skorzeny (1908), Róbert Bárány (1876), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), and Amon Göth (1908). After him are Oskar Kokoschka (1886), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Victor Francis Hess (1883), Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), Martin Buber (1878), and Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Austria

Among physicists born in Austria, Christian Doppler ranks 5. Before him are Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Lise Meitner (1878), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), and Ludwig Boltzmann (1844). After him are Victor Francis Hess (1883), Victor Weisskopf (1908), Anton Zeilinger (1945), Walter Kohn (1923), Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Fritjof Capra (1939), and Berta Karlik (1904).

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