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Edme Mariotte

1620 - 1684

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Edme Mariotte (; French: [ɛdmə maʁjɔt]; c. 1620 – 12 May 1684) was a French physicist and priest (abbé). He is particularly well known for formulating Boyle's law independently of Robert Boyle. Mariotte is also credited with designing the first Newton's cradle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edme Mariotte is the 230th most popular physicist, the 820th most popular biography from France (up from 954th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Physicist.

Edme Mariotte is most famous for his work on the caloric theory of heat.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edme Mariotte ranks 230 out of 851. Before him are Andrew Huxley, Makoto Kobayashi, Ettore Majorana, Alexander Prokhorov, Frederick Reines, and Klaus Fuchs. After him are Robert Hofstadter, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jacques Charles, Victor Weisskopf, Tsung-Dao Lee, and Leo Esaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Edme Mariotte ranks 2. Before him is Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Ninon de l'Enclos, Aelbert Cuyp, Avvakum, Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Nicholas Mercator, and John Graunt. Among people deceased in 1684, Edme Mariotte ranks 4. Before him are Pierre Corneille, Roger Williams, and Pieter de Hooch. After him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Nicola Amati, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Anne Gonzaga, Josefa de Óbidos, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Antoine Gombaud, and Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edme Mariotte ranks 820 out of 6,770. Before him are Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Guy Debord (1931), Isabella of Hainault (1170), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Maurice Denis (1870), and Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963). After him are Gabriel Tarde (1843), Jacques Charles (1763), Eugène Sue (1804), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Maria Schneider (1952), and Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Edme Mariotte ranks 22. Before him are Louis Néel (1904), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), Paul Langevin (1872), and Edmond Becquerel (1820). After him are Jacques Charles (1763), Gérard Mourou (1944), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), and Antoine César Becquerel (1788).

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