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John Tyndall

1820 - 1893

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John Tyndall (; 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was an Irish physicist. His scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859. Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tyndall is the 320th most popular physicist (down from 299th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 49th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Tyndall ranks 320 out of 851. Before her are John Vincent Atanasoff, Steven Chu, Hagen Kleinert, Pierre Louis Dulong, Shuji Nakamura, and Félix Savart. After her are Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Charles Fabry, Alexey Ekimov, John Stewart Bell, Armen Sarkissian, and Ludwig Prandtl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, John Tyndall ranks 19. Before her are Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Susan B. Anthony, Lewis A. Swift, Heungseon Daewongun, and Božena Němcová. After her are Mathilde Bonaparte, John Tenniel, William Tecumseh Sherman, Yaqub Beg, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, and Édouard Roche. Among people deceased in 1893, John Tyndall ranks 15. Before her are Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Baron Alexander von Bach, Ernst Kummer, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, and Jules Ferry. After her are Benjamin Butler, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Abner Doubleday, Leland Stanford, and Ferenc Erkel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Tyndall ranks 64 out of 549. Before her are Terry Wogan (1938), Conor McGregor (1988), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Bono (1960), Rory Gallagher (1948), and Maureen O'Hara (1920). After her are Eileen Gray (1878), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Dolores O'Riordan (1971), Saint Gall (550), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), and Ethel Voynich (1864).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Ireland

Among physicists born in Ireland, John Tyndall ranks 4. Before her are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), and Ernest Walton (1903). After her are George Johnstone Stoney (1826), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Joly (1857).

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