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John Pendry

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Sir John Brian Pendry, (born 4 July 1943) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into metamaterials and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak". He is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, (where he was an undergraduate) and an IEEE fellow. He received the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience "for transformative contributions to the field of nano-optics that have broken long-held beliefs about the limitations of the resolution limits of optical microscopy and imaging.", together with Stefan Hell, and Thomas Ebbesen, in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Pendry is the 755th most popular physicist (up from 786th in 2019), the 4,894th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,335th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Pendry ranks 755 out of 851. Before him are Stanton T. Friedman, John Hopkinson, Balfour Stewart, Max Tegmark, Elda Emma Anderson, and Mary K. Gaillard. After him are Brian Cox, Frank Benford, Paul Steinhardt, Jacques Friedel, Lene Hau, and Charles Sheffield.

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Among people born in 1943, John Pendry ranks 605. Before him are Luis Regueiro, Gavin Bryars, Billy Cunningham, Peter Struck, Vern Schuppan, and Willie Davenport. After him are Lasse Holm, Gail Goodrich, John Oliver Creighton, Judith Durham, Geraldo Rivera, and Steven Bochco.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 4,895 out of 8,785. Before him are N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Robert Newton (1905), Richard Hoggart (1918), Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), and Stuart Baxter (1953). After him are Curtis Jones (2001), Fred Davis (1913), Peter Hall (1930), Paula Yates (1959), Mischa Barton (1986), and Jamie Bell (1986).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 83. Before him are Edward Andrade (1887), Francis Hauksbee (1660), Raymond Gosling (1926), Peter Mark Roget (1779), John Hopkinson (1849), and Balfour Stewart (1828). After him are Brian Cox (1968), Charles Sheffield (1935), Ronald Drever (1931), Julian Barbour (1937), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), and John Aitken (1839).

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