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Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713

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Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1660–1713), also known as Francis Hawksbee, was an 18th-century English scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Hauksbee is the 677th most popular physicist (down from 634th in 2019), the 3,985th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,343rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Francis Hauksbee ranks 677 out of 851. Before him are Stanley Mandelstam, Ali Javan, Orest Khvolson, Alvin M. Weinberg, Norris Bradbury, and Edward Andrade. After him are Lisa Randall, Ralph Kronig, Hertha Sponer, Gregory Breit, Alfred Kleiner, and Paul Peter Ewald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Francis Hauksbee ranks 21. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Arnold Houbraken, Jakob Prandtauer, and Grace Sherwood. After him are Gavriil Golovkin, Peter Schenk the Elder, Jeanne Dumée, and Edward Lhuyd. Among people deceased in 1713, Francis Hauksbee ranks 14. Before him are Michael II Apafi, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Jahandar Shah, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Hauksbee ranks 3,986 out of 8,785. Before him are Ivor Bueb (1923), Jim Marshall (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), Edward Andrade (1887), and Peter Hook (1956). After him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Nicholas Evans (1950), Grantley Goulding (1874), Henry Baker (1698), Matthew Parker (1504), and Godfrey Rampling (1909).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Francis Hauksbee ranks 78. Before him are John Polkinghorne (1930), Bernard Lovell (1913), C. V. Boys (1855), Michael Green (1946), Brandon Carter (1942), and Edward Andrade (1887). After him are Raymond Gosling (1926), Peter Mark Roget (1779), John Hopkinson (1849), Balfour Stewart (1828), John Pendry (1943), and Brian Cox (1968).

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