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Gerard K. O'Neill

1927 - 1992

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Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. In the 1970s, he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space, including a space habitat design known as the O'Neill cylinder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard K. O'Neill is the 543rd most popular physicist (up from 635th in 2019), the 5,051st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,298th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 543 out of 851. Before him are August Beer, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, William Robert Grove, Ira Sprague Bowen, Joseph Larmor, and Vladimir Steklov. After him are Pief Panofsky, Grote Reber, Gilbert Walker, John Robison, Ludvig Faddeev, and Gunnar Nordström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 221. Before him are Leontyne Price, Claude Abbes, Ahmadou Kourouma, Herbert Ross, Dany Robin, and L. Q. Jones. After him are John Warner, Irina Skobtseva, Romano Scarpa, Laurel Aitken, Eileen Ryan, and David Hedison. Among people deceased in 1992, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 144. Before him are Pumpuang Duangjan, Juanito, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Willie Dixon, Bo Lindman, and Andrew Marton. After him are Richard Yates, Todd Armstrong, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, and Hal Roach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 5,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Edwin Drake (1819), Steve James (1952), Roy E. Disney (1930), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), and Don Adams (1923). After him are Eve Arnold (1912), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Mickey Mantle (1931), Edgar Leonard (1881), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), and 2 Chainz (1977).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 113. Before him are Lester Germer (1896), Clyde Cowan (1919), David J. Griffiths (1942), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Leona Woods (1919), and Ira Sprague Bowen (1898). After him are Grote Reber (1911), Gene Amdahl (1922), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Philip Morrison (1915), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), and Eric Allin Cornell (1961).

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