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Erwin Hahn

1921 - 2016

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Erwin Louis Hahn (June 9, 1921 – September 20, 2016) was an American physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In 1950 he discovered the spin echo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Hahn is the 788th most popular physicist (down from 771st in 2019), the 11,151st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,451st in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Erwin Hahn ranks 788 out of 851. Before him are Anatoly Logunov, Henrik Svensmark, James M. Bardeen, Rolf Landauer, Robert Detweiler, and Thibault Damour. After him are Abhay Ashtekar, Jeffrey Goldstone, Edward C. Stone, Sverker Johansson, John Aitken, and Conyers Herring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Erwin Hahn ranks 430. Before him are Víctor Balaguer, Sheb Wooley, Kathleen Byron, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Joe Fulks, and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn. After him are Gene Saks, Peter Sallis, Johnny Otis, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Art Clokey, and Marilyn Maxwell. Among people deceased in 2016, Erwin Hahn ranks 515. Before him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, William Schallert, Sverre Kjelsberg, Medea Jugeli, Alfonso Portugal, and Kimbo Slice. After him are Gloria DeHaven, Raúl Sánchez, Sammy Lee, Mose Allison, Ottavio Bugatti, and Sydney Schanberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erwin Hahn ranks 11,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Hillary Brooke (1914), Scott Rudin (1958), Red Skelton (1913), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Harlan F. Stone (1872), and Lena Raine (1984). After him are Les Claypool (1963), Granville Woods (1856), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Virginia Davis (1918), Brooke Smith (1967), and Kevin Michael Richardson (1964).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Erwin Hahn ranks 181. Before him are Samuel King Allison (1900), C. R. Hagen (1937), Harvey Fletcher (1884), Frank Press (1924), James M. Bardeen (1939), and Robert Detweiler (1930). After him are Edward C. Stone (1936), Conyers Herring (1914), Robert L. Forward (1932), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), and Howard Georgi (1947).

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