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Ira Sprague Bowen

1898 - 1973

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Ira Sprague Bowen (December 21, 1898 – February 6, 1973) was an American physicist and astronomer. In 1927 he discovered that nebulium was not really a chemical element but instead doubly ionized oxygen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ira Sprague Bowen is the 540th most popular physicist (down from 499th in 2019), the 5,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,886th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ira Sprague Bowen ranks 540 out of 851. Before him are Maurice Karnaugh, Leona Woods, Ludvig Lorenz, August Beer, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, and William Robert Grove. After him are Joseph Larmor, Vladimir Steklov, Gerard K. O'Neill, Pief Panofsky, Grote Reber, and Gilbert Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ira Sprague Bowen ranks 151. Before him are Walther von Hünersdorff, Johan Richthoff, Mikhail Koltsov, Eduard Pütsep, Maria Klenova, and Helen B. Taussig. After him are Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Anthony McAuliffe, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Boughera El Ouafi, and Lev Knipper. Among people deceased in 1973, Ira Sprague Bowen ranks 150. Before him are Sergei Tumansky, Günther Pancke, Paul Kletzki, Louis St. Laurent, Âşık Veysel, and Alina Szapocznikow. After him are Paavo Talvela, Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Mikhail Isakovsky, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, and Nancy Mitford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Sprague Bowen ranks 5,027 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Dvorak (1878), Gene Barry (1919), Antonin Scalia (1936), Julie Benz (1972), H.D. (1886), and Lynn Cohen (1933). After him are Steve Jordan (1957), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Jake Paul (1997), Randall Collins (1941), Dorothy Gibson (1889), and Ashley Johnson (1983).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Ira Sprague Bowen ranks 112. Before him are Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Lester Germer (1896), Clyde Cowan (1919), David J. Griffiths (1942), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), and Leona Woods (1919). After him are Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Grote Reber (1911), Gene Amdahl (1922), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Philip Morrison (1915), and Samuel T. Cohen (1921).

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