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Freeman Dyson

1923 - 2020

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Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Freeman Dyson is the 306th most popular physicist (down from 302nd in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 910th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Physicist.

Freeman Dyson is a physicist and mathematician who has contributed to a number of fields, including nuclear physics, quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astrophysics, and mathematics. He is most famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Freeman Dyson ranks 306 out of 851. Before him are Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Walter Kohn, Friedrich Hund, Henry Way Kendall, Yuri Oganessian, and Anna Mani. After him are Alain Aspect, Rainer Weiss, Andre Geim, Otto Robert Frisch, Dennis W. Sciama, and Christoph Scheiner.

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Among people born in 1923, Freeman Dyson ranks 56. Before him are Ahmet Ertegun, Yelena Bonner, Bert Trautmann, Stjepan Bobek, Walter Kohn, and René Thom. After him are Mukesh, Stephanie Kwolek, Jorge Semprún, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Antonio Quarracino, and Horst Tappert. Among people deceased in 2020, Freeman Dyson ranks 69. Before him are Brian Dennehy, Geert Hofstede, Mary Higgins Clark, Radomir Antić, Joel Schumacher, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. After him are Buck Henry, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Roger Scruton, Lee Kun-hee, K. C. Jones, and Mamadou Tandja.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 1,021 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), James Gregory (1638), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and John of Salisbury (1110). After him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Danny Boyle (1956), Len Deighton (1929), Charles Lightoller (1874), Ida Noddack (1896), and David Cameron (1966).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 39. Before him are C. P. Snow (1905), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Peter Mansfield (1933), and Charles Wheatstone (1802). After him are Dennis W. Sciama (1926), John Stewart Bell (1928), Stephen Hales (1677), Joseph Swan (1828), William Whewell (1794), and Duncan Haldane (1951).

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