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Katharine Burr Blodgett

1898 - 1979

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Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979) was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge, in 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Burr Blodgett is the 448th most popular physicist (down from 443rd in 2019), the 3,542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,037th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Katharine Burr Blodgett ranks 448 out of 851. Before her are Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Howard P. Robertson, Yuval Ne'eman, John Dollond, Douglas Hofstadter, and Frank Oppenheimer. After her are Ferenc Krausz, Richard C. Tolman, Albert W. Hull, Chester Carlson, Henri Tresca, and Leonard Susskind.

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Among people born in 1898, Katharine Burr Blodgett ranks 111. Before her are Michel de Ghelderode, Gabriel González Videla, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Tian Han, Eric Hoffer, and Achille Van Acker. After her are Shinichi Suzuki, Paul Robeson, Sami al-Hinnawi, Ninette de Valois, Marcel Griaule, and Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 1979, Katharine Burr Blodgett ranks 92. Before her are Philippe Halsman, Yvonne de Gaulle, Antonio Caggiano, Waldemar de Brito, Dolores Costello, and Teruo Nakamura. After her are Morteza Motahhari, Léonide Massine, José Della Torre, Gio Ponti, Vagif Mustafazadeh, and Ethel Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Burr Blodgett ranks 3,542 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Kuklinski (1935), Kelly Bishop (1944), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Waylon Jennings (1937), and Michael Parks (1940). After her are Laurie Anderson (1947), Philip Sheridan (1831), Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Edward Weston (1886), and Thelma Ritter (1902).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Katharine Burr Blodgett ranks 95. Before her are Alan Guth (1947), William Stanley Jr. (1858), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), and Frank Oppenheimer (1912). After her are Richard C. Tolman (1881), Albert W. Hull (1880), Chester Carlson (1906), Leonard Susskind (1940), Clarence Zener (1905), and Mildred Dresselhaus (1930).

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