PHYSICIST

Ferdinand Monoyer

1836 - 1912

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Ferdinand Monoyer (9 May 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a French ophthalmologist, known for introducing the dioptre in 1872. He invented the Monoyer chart, used to test visual acuity. He inserted his name in the random letters of the chart. It appears when one reads vertically from bottom to top on each side. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Monoyer is the 640th most popular physicist (up from 644th in 2019), the 4,326th most popular biography from France (up from 4,356th in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 640 out of 851. Before him are Abraham Pais, James Hansen, Gordon Gould, Isaak Kikoin, Lee Smolin, and Julius Wess. After him are Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Harold Brown, Jan Burgers, Sidney Coleman, Marcia Neugebauer, and Barys Kit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 69. Before him are W. S. Gilbert, Robert Swinhoe, Bret Harte, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, John W. Foster, and Émile Étienne Guimet. After him are Jay Gould, Emil Hartmann, Greene Vardiman Black, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and Pablo Arosemena. Among people deceased in 1912, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 104. Before him are Daniel Burnham, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Paul Gordan, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, and Émile Lemoine. After him are Felix Dahn, Henri Bouckaert, Patricio Escobar, Pencho Slaveykov, Iakob Gogebashvili, and Heinrich Gerber.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 4,326 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Lapébie (1911), Guillaume Musso (1974), Gabrielle Réjane (1856), Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879), Georg von Rosen (1843), and Jacques Martin (1921). After him are François Remetter (1928), Yvette Andréyor (1891), Frank Leboeuf (1968), Pierre Mac Orlan (1882), Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), and Alfred Manessier (1911).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Ferdinand Monoyer ranks 68. Before him are Marcel Brillouin (1854), Pierre Weiss (1865), Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), Jean Becquerel (1878), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), and Yvette Cauchois (1908). After him are Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Hubert Curien (1924), Jacques Friedel (1921), and Thibault Damour (1951).

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