PHYSICIST

Ernst Abbe

1840 - 1905

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Ernst Karl Abbe (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of scientific microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums, and other advanced optical systems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Abbe is the 166th most popular physicist (down from 131st in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Germany (down from 426th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Physicist.

Ernst Abbe was a German physicist and mathematician who is most famous for the invention of the Abbe refractometer.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernst Abbe ranks 166 out of 851Before him are Johann Jakob Balmer, Joseph Henry, Hippolyte Fizeau, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Georges Charpak, and Gerd Binnig. After him are Paul Langevin, Hideki Yukawa, François Englert, George E. Smith, Polykarp Kusch, and Edmond Becquerel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Ernst Abbe ranks 12Before him are Carlota of Mexico, Victoria, Princess Royal, Murad V, Alphonse Daudet, Odilon Redon, and Edward Drinker Cope. After him are Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, and Crazy Horse. Among people deceased in 1905, Ernst Abbe ranks 4Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Muhammad Abduh. After him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Abbe ranks 430 out of 7,253Before him are Emil Nolde (1867), Gerd Binnig (1947), Otto Dix (1891), Levi Strauss (1829), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Sepp Maier (1944). After him are Otto Loewi (1873), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Pina Bausch (1940), Hans Krebs (1898), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805).

Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Ernst Abbe ranks 26Before him are James Franck (1882), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), George Paget Thomson (1892), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), and Gerd Binnig (1947). After him are Polykarp Kusch (1911), Julius von Mayer (1814), Herbert Kroemer (1928), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Hans Geiger (1882), and Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949).