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J. Hans D. Jensen

1907 - 1973

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Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen (German: [ˈhans ˈjɛnzn̩] ; 25 June 1907 – 11 February 1973) was a German nuclear physicist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium isotopes. After the war, Jensen was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Institute for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley, Indiana University, and the California Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Hans D. Jensen is the 96th most popular physicist (down from 64th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Germany (down from 226th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Physicist.

J. Hans D. Jensen is most famous for his work in the field of plant physiology. He was one of the first scientists to study photosynthesis and he discovered the process of photophosphorylation.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 96 out of 851. Before him are Georg Bednorz, C. F. Powell, Otto von Guericke, Carl David Anderson, Barry Barish, and Ben Roy Mottelson. After him are Percy Williams Bridgman, Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Eugene Wigner, Donald A. Glaser, and Aage Bohr.

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Among people born in 1907, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 12. Before him are Ayub Khan, Katharine Hepburn, Oscar Niemeyer, Alexander R. Todd, W. H. Auden, and Mircea Eliade. After him are Alberto Moravia, Hergé, Maria Branyas, Lee Miller, Baldur von Schirach, and Rachel Carson. Among people deceased in 1973, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 15. Before him are Lyndon B. Johnson, Pearl S. Buck, Fulgencio Batista, W. H. Auden, Walter Ulbricht, and İsmet İnönü. After him are Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, Hans Kelsen, Henri Charrière, Abebe Bikila, and John Ford.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 245 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Eckhart Tolle (1948), and Magda Goebbels (1901). After him are Klaus Barbie (1913), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), and Robert Bunsen (1811).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, J. Hans D. Jensen ranks 14. Before him are Max von Laue (1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Johannes Stark (1874), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Georg Bednorz (1950), and Otto von Guericke (1602). After him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Walther Bothe (1891), Ernst Ruska (1906), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Carl Zeiss (1816), and James Franck (1882).

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