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David J. Griffiths

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David Jeffrey Griffiths (born December 5, 1942) is an American physicist and educator. He was on the faculty of Reed College from 1978 through 2009, becoming the Howard Vollum Professor of Science before his retirement. He wrote four highly regarded textbooks for undergraduate physics students. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David J. Griffiths is the 522nd most popular physicist (up from 802nd in 2019), the 4,743rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,084th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, David J. Griffiths ranks 522 out of 851. Before him are Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Clyde Cowan, Edoardo Amaldi, Konstantin Novoselov, Yuri Orlov, and Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski. After him are Ole Worm, John Leslie, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, George Volkoff, Paul Davies, and Giovanni Poleni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, David J. Griffiths ranks 284. Before him are Pyotr Klimuk, Reinhard Mey, Eumir Deodato, Ama Ata Aidoo, Rupert Sheldrake, and Natalia Gutman. After him are Vera Alentova, Jackie Oliver, Derek Parfit, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Hannes Löhr, and Ghada al-Samman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David J. Griffiths ranks 4,743 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Farrakhan (1933), Lunalilo (1835), Roy Ayers (1940), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Kenneth Anger (1927), and Stephen Tobolowsky (1951). After him are Damon Wayans (1960), John Zerzan (1943), Grace Moore (1898), Lorraine Gary (1937), Mike Love (1941), and Adam Rodriguez (1975).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, David J. Griffiths ranks 109. Before him are Robert Brout (1928), Theodore Hall (1925), Robert Serber (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Lester Germer (1896), and Clyde Cowan (1919). After him are Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Leona Woods (1919), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Grote Reber (1911), and Gene Amdahl (1922).

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