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Dirk Coster

1889 - 1950

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Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist. He was a professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen. Coster is known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, along with George de Hevesy, by means of X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore. Its name is derived from Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen, as the discovery took place in that city. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dirk Coster is the 705th most popular physicist (down from 580th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 635th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Dirk Coster ranks 705 out of 851. Before him are John C. Slater, Isaak Khalatnikov, Zoltán Lajos Bay, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Frederick Seitz, and Sarah Frances Whiting. After him are Ayşe Erzan, William D. Coolidge, Grigory Landsberg, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Jürgen Kurths, and Antonius van den Broek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Dirk Coster ranks 246. Before him are Virgilio Mantegazza, Thomas Hart Benton, Otto Scheff, Paul Deman, Miguel Mariano Gómez, and Stanley Morison. After him are Frederico Paredes, Roberto Ferrari, Teresa de la Parra, Nagamichi Kuroda, Herbert Hübner, and Snub Pollard. Among people deceased in 1950, Dirk Coster ranks 169. Before him are Semyon Frank, Alberto Ohaco, Peter Kemp, Oscar Osthoff, Miguel Mariano Gómez, and Royal Harwood Frost. After him are Horace Rice, Luise Fleck, Rex Ingram, Boris Verlinsky, Arthur L. Newton, and Lothrop Stoddard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Coster ranks 805 out of 1,646. Before him are Simone Simons (1985), Jaap van Zweden (1960), Harry Steevens (1945), Wilhelmina Cooper (1939), Milly Scott (1933), and Thea Beckman (1923). After him are Jan Flinterman (1919), Frans Andriessen (1929), Jan de Hartog (1914), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Catharina Lodders (1942), and Ada Kok (1947).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Dirk Coster ranks 22. Before him are Hendrik Casimir (1909), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Balthasar van der Pol (1889), Abraham Pais (1918), and Jan Burgers (1895). After him are Antonius van den Broek (1870), and Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).

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