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Georges-Louis Le Sage

1724 - 1803

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Georges-Louis Le Sage (French: [lə saʒ]; 13 June 1724 – 20 November 1803) was a Genevan physicist and is most known for his theory of gravitation, for his invention of an electric telegraph and his anticipation of the kinetic theory of gases. He was a contributor to Diderot's Encyclopédie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges-Louis Le Sage is the 631st most popular physicist (down from 624th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 477th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Georges-Louis Le Sage ranks 631 out of 851. Before him are Harriet Brooks, Max Wien, Walther Müller, Georg Hermann Quincke, Ole Jacob Broch, and Robert R. Wilson. After him are Balthasar van der Pol, Yvette Cauchois, Abraham Pais, James Hansen, Gordon Gould, and Isaak Kikoin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Georges-Louis Le Sage ranks 32. Before him are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Ji Yun, and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. After him is Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1803, Georges-Louis Le Sage ranks 37. Before him are Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Nicolas Baudin, Peter Woulfe, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, and George Bass. After him are Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Peter Ascanius, Nikolay Lvov, and Robert Emmet.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Georges-Louis Le Sage ranks 489 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Emil Frey (1838), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Robert Pinget (1919), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), and Alex Zülle (1968). After him are Paul Niggli (1888), Florian Cajori (1859), Patrick Juvet (1950), Walther von Wartburg (1888), Johann David Wyss (1743), and Urs Widmer (1938).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Switzerland

Among physicists born in Switzerland, Georges-Louis Le Sage ranks 12. Before him are Auguste Piccard (1884), Ami Argand (1750), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Raoul Pictet (1846), Walther Ritz (1878), and Jakob II Bernoulli (1759). After him are Paul Scherrer (1890), Alfred Kleiner (1849), and Ernst Stueckelberg (1905).

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