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Félix Savart

1791 - 1841

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Félix Savart (; French: [savaʁ]; 30 June 1791, Mézières – 16 March 1841, Paris) was a French physicist and mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Biot. His main interest was in acoustics and the study of vibrating bodies. A particular interest in the violin led him to create an experimental trapezoidal model. He gave his name to the savart, a unit of measurement for musical intervals, and to Savart's wheel—a device he used while investigating the range of human hearing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Félix Savart is the 319th most popular physicist (up from 330th in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from France (up from 1,656th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Félix Savart ranks 319 out of 851. Before him are Daniel C. Tsui, John Vincent Atanasoff, Steven Chu, Hagen Kleinert, Pierre Louis Dulong, and Shuji Nakamura. After him are John Tyndall, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Charles Fabry, Alexey Ekimov, John Stewart Bell, and Armen Sarkissian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Félix Savart ranks 17. Before him are Francesco Hayez, Johann Franz Encke, Franz Grillparzer, Eugène Scribe, Robert Knox, and István Széchenyi. After him are Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Minh Mạng, George Peacock, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas. Among people deceased in 1841, Félix Savart ranks 12. Before him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Caroline of Baden, George Green, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, and Johan August Arfwedson. After him are John Forsyth, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Ferdinando Carulli, Tokugawa Ienari, and Friedrich Parrot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix Savart ranks 1,355 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Adanson (1727), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), Monique Wittig (1935), Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), Jane Avril (1868), and Pierre Louis Dulong (1785). After him are Maine de Biran (1766), Pierre Lescot (1515), Maurice Duverger (1917), Marie Laurencin (1883), Constance of Arles (974), and Pierre Brice (1929).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Félix Savart ranks 32. Before him are Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Alain Aspect (1947), and Pierre Louis Dulong (1785). After him are Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Charles Fabry (1867), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Marguerite Perey (1909), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), and Louis Paul Cailletet (1832).

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