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Christopher Polhem

1661 - 1751

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Christopher Polhammar (18 December 1661 – 30 August 1751) better known as Christopher Polhem (), which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. He was ennobled by King Charles XII of Sweden for his contributions to Swedish technological development. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Polhem is the 389th most popular physicist (down from 385th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 281st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christopher Polhem ranks 389 out of 851. Before him are Abram Ioffe, Vladimir Fock, Edward Witten, George Johnstone Stoney, Qian Xuesen, and Donna Strickland. After him are Manfred von Ardenne, Léon Brillouin, Hiroshi Amano, Moritz von Jacobi, Walter A. Shewhart, and Stefan Hell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1661, Christopher Polhem ranks 10. Before him are Feodor III of Russia, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Georg Böhm, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, and Antonio I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Georg Joseph Kamel, Vladimir Atlasov, Fyodor Apraksin, and Giacomo Antonio Perti. Among people deceased in 1751, Christopher Polhem ranks 11. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, and Leonard of Port Maurice. After him are Nicola Salvi, Peter Lacy, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Robert Maynard.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Christopher Polhem ranks 276 out of 1,879. Before him are Catherine Stenbock (1535), Ove Kindvall (1943), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), and Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787). After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Lennart Carleson (1928), Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827), Jan-Ove Waldner (1965), Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592), and Jacob Georg Agardh (1813).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Christopher Polhem ranks 8. Before him are Gustaf Dalén (1869), Hannes Alfvén (1908), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Johannes Rydberg (1854), and Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896). After him are Oskar Klein (1894), Wilhelm Hisinger (1766), Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), Knut Ångström (1857), Bert Bolin (1925), and Bengt Edlén (1906).

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