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John Theophilus Desaguliers

1683 - 1744

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John Theophilus Desaguliers (12 March 1683 – 29 February 1744) was a French-born British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He had studied at Oxford and later popularized Newtonian theories and their practical applications in public lectures. Desaguliers's most important patron was James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. As a Freemason, Desaguliers was instrumental in the success of the first Grand Lodge in London in the early 1720s and served as its third Grand Master. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Theophilus Desaguliers is the 378th most popular physicist (down from 341st in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,729th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Theophilus Desaguliers ranks 378 out of 851. Before him are Vladimir Shukhov, Franz Ernst Neumann, Galileo Ferraris, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Maurice de Broglie, and Walter H. Schottky. After him are Friedrich Kohlrausch, Federico Faggin, Friedrich Paschen, August Kundt, Abram Ioffe, and Vladimir Fock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, John Theophilus Desaguliers ranks 11. Before him are René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Anna of Austria, 6th Dalai Lama, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, and Christoph Graupner. After him are Johann David Heinichen, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Edward Young, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Antoine Pesne, and Lorenz Heister. Among people deceased in 1744, John Theophilus Desaguliers ranks 11. Before him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Giuseppe Guarneri, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, and Marie Anne de Mailly. After him are Antiochus Kantemir, Johann Heinrich Schulze, John Hadley, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and Filippo Randazzo.

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In France

Among people born in France, John Theophilus Desaguliers ranks 1,983 out of 6,770. Before him are Fredegund (545), Michel Debré (1912), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), and Cabu (1938). After him are Blandina (101), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Jules Perrot (1810), Liane de Pougy (1869), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), and René Mayer (1895).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, John Theophilus Desaguliers ranks 46. Before him are Auguste Bravais (1811), Louis Poinsot (1777), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Henri Pitot (1695), Gaston Planté (1834), and Maurice de Broglie (1875). After him are Léon Brillouin (1889), Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), Jules Jamin (1818), Henri Tresca (1814), and Marie Alfred Cornu (1841).

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