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James David Forbes

1809 - 1868

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James David Forbes (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James David Forbes is the 607th most popular physicist (down from 574th in 2019), the 3,385th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,867th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, James David Forbes ranks 607 out of 851. Before him are Shoichi Sakata, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Anatoly Alexandrov, Pierre Weiss, Robert Mills, and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. After him are Bryce DeWitt, Albert Betz, Victor J. Stenger, Prosper-René Blondlot, Aleksandr Stoletov, and Alfred Landé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, James David Forbes ranks 57. Before him are Rutherford Alcock, Robert Cornelius, Santiago Derqui, Cyrus McCormick, Johann Heinrich Blasius, and Nicolaas Pieneman. After him are Petrus Borel, Theodor Benfey, Aleksey Koltsov, William B. Travis, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, and Karl Bodmer. Among people deceased in 1868, James David Forbes ranks 47. Before him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Adolphe d'Archiac, Bernardo Berro, Claude Pouillet, John Crawfurd, and José Tadeo Monagas. After him are Black Kettle, Joaquín Suárez, Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Constantin Negruzzi, and Halfdan Kjerulf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James David Forbes ranks 3,386 out of 8,785. Before him are Warwick Davis (1970), Michael Gothard (1939), Albert Hill (1889), George W. Campbell (1769), David Allan (1744), and William Nicholson (1753). After him are Jimmy Gardner (1924), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Arthur Ransome (1884), Paul Bernays (1888), Steve McMahon (1961), and Graham Swift (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, James David Forbes ranks 71. Before him are Ralph H. Fowler (1889), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Michael Berry (1941), John D. Barrow (1952), and William Edward Ayrton (1847). After him are John Polkinghorne (1930), Bernard Lovell (1913), C. V. Boys (1855), Michael Green (1946), Brandon Carter (1942), and Edward Andrade (1887).

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