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Frederick Seitz

1911 - 2008

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Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist, a pioneer of solid state physics, and climate change denier. Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968 to 1978, and the 17th president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1962 to 1969. Seitz was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors. He founded the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and several other material research laboratories across the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Seitz is the 703rd most popular physicist (down from 675th in 2019), the 8,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,203rd in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Frederick Seitz ranks 703 out of 851. Before him are Burkhard Heim, John Joly, John C. Slater, Isaak Khalatnikov, Zoltán Lajos Bay, and Ștefania Mărăcineanu. After him are Sarah Frances Whiting, Dirk Coster, Ayşe Erzan, William D. Coolidge, Grigory Landsberg, and Andreas von Ettingshausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Frederick Seitz ranks 307. Before him are Butterfly McQueen, Katherine DeMille, Joseph Alcazar, Philibert Smellinckx, Jeanette Nolan, and Michael Hordern. After him are Bruno Venturini, Charles Mathiesen, László Szabados, Georg Dascher, Ji Xianlin, and Francisco Rúa. Among people deceased in 2008, Frederick Seitz ranks 280. Before him are Annemarie Renger, Cachao, Miroslav Koranda, Norman Smith, Neil Bartlett, and Tony Duvert. After him are Irmgard Praetz, Jimmy Giuffre, Gabriel París Gordillo, Cecilia Colledge, Anatoly Karatsuba, and Erwin Geschonneck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Seitz ranks 8,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Alaskey (1952), Titus O'Neil (1977), Alexandra Paul (1963), Julia Morgan (1872), Rhyno (1975), and George Underwood (1884). After him are C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Kevin Sussman (1970), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Morris Kline (1908), Michael Hardt (1960), and Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Frederick Seitz ranks 151. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Norris Bradbury (1909), Lisa Randall (1962), Edwin H. Land (1909), Leo Kadanoff (1937), and John C. Slater (1900). After him are Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), William D. Coolidge (1873), Harold Agnew (1921), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Elliott H. Lieb (1932).

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