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Franz Ernst Neumann

1798 - 1895

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Franz Ernst Neumann (11 September 1798 – 23 May 1895) was a German mineralogist and physicist. He devised the first formulas to calculate inductance. He also formulated Neumann's law for molecular heat. In electromagnetism, he is credited for introducing the magnetic vector potential. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Ernst Neumann is the 373rd most popular physicist (down from 346th in 2019), the 1,844th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,610th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Franz Ernst Neumann ranks 373 out of 851. Before him are William Sturgeon, George F. R. Ellis, Wolfgang Ketterle, Karl Guthe Jansky, Jurij Vega, and Vladimir Shukhov. After him are Galileo Ferraris, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Maurice de Broglie, Walter H. Schottky, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Friedrich Kohlrausch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Franz Ernst Neumann ranks 16. Before him are Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, František Palacký, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Alexander Gorchakov, and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Alexander McDonnell, Thomas Hodgkin, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dionysios Solomos, and Jules Armand Dufaure. Among people deceased in 1895, Franz Ernst Neumann ranks 29. Before him are James Dwight Dana, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Carl Ludwig, Lord Randolph Churchill, Francesco Filippini, and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Floriano Peixoto, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Gustav Freytag, Karl Vogt, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, and Ányos Jedlik.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Ernst Neumann ranks 1,844 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (1962), Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), and Rudolf Lange (1910). After him are Gustav von Schmoller (1838), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Gisela of Swabia (990), Sophie, Princess of Albania (1885), Augustin Bea (1881), and Gregor Gysi (1948).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Franz Ernst Neumann ranks 52. Before him are John B. Goodenough (1922), Walther Gerlach (1889), Pascual Jordan (1902), Franz Aepinus (1724), Heinrich Geißler (1814), and Wolfgang Ketterle (1957). After him are Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840), Friedrich Paschen (1865), August Kundt (1839), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), and Moritz von Jacobi (1801).

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