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George Francis FitzGerald

1851 - 1901

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George Francis FitzGerald (3 August 1851 – 21 February 1901) was an Irish physicist known for hypothesising length contraction, which became an integral part of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Francis FitzGerald is the 194th most popular physicist (up from 359th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 194 out of 851. Before him are Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Ilya Frank, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Auguste Piccard, and Val Logsdon Fitch. After him are Igor Tamm, Hugh David Politzer, Horst Ludwig Störmer, Bertram Brockhouse, Max Delbrück, and David Brewster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand Foch, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Arthur Evans, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, and Empress Myeongseong. After him are Léon Bourgeois, Louise of Sweden, Emile Berliner, Margherita of Savoy, Ismail Gaspirali, and Peder Severin Krøyer. Among people deceased in 1901, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 11. Before him are Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. After him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, Charles Hermite, Milan I of Serbia, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Abdur Rahman Khan.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 33 out of 549. Before him are G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Anne Bonny (1702), Ernest Shackleton (1874), John Field (1782), Kevin Farrell (1947), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852). After him are Columbanus (540), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Laurence Sterne (1713), Harald Gille (1103), and Joseph Murphy (1898).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Ireland

Among physicists born in Ireland, George Francis FitzGerald ranks 2. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805). After him are Ernest Walton (1903), John Tyndall (1820), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Joly (1857).

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