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Georg Wilhelm Richmann

1711 - 1753

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Georg Wilhelm Richmann (Russian: Георг Вильгельм Рихман; 22 July [O.S. 11 July] 1711 – 6 August [O.S. 26 July] 1753) was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in St. Petersburg when struck by apparent ball lightning produced by an experiment attempting to ground the electrical discharge from a storm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Wilhelm Richmann is the 409th most popular physicist (down from 357th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Georg Wilhelm Richmann ranks 409 out of 851. Before him are Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Samuel Goudsmit, Yoshio Nishina, Otto Schmidt, Jacob Bekenstein, and Nick Holonyak. After him are Edwin Hall, Oskar Klein, Philip Abelson, Charles H. Bennett, William Watson, and Lyman Spitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, Georg Wilhelm Richmann ranks 13. Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Barbara of Portugal, Ablai Khan, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. After him are William Boyce, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, and Thomas Wright. Among people deceased in 1753, Georg Wilhelm Richmann ranks 6. Before him are George Berkeley, Hans Sloane, Balthasar Neumann, Gottfried Silbermann, and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. After him are Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Georg Wilhelm Richmann ranks 45 out of 351. Before him are Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Leonid Kulik (1883), Hermann von Keyserling (1880), Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland (1601), Bernhard Schmidt (1879), and Jüri Lossmann (1891). After him are Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Roman Steinberg (1900), Evald Aav (1900), Johannes Aavik (1880), and Friedrich Martens (1845).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Estonia

Among physicists born in Estonia, Georg Wilhelm Richmann ranks 3. Before him are Emil Lenz (1804), and Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770).

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