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Ludvig Lorenz

1829 - 1891

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Ludvig Valentin Lorenz ( LORR-ənts; 18 January 1829 – 9 June 1891) was a Danish physicist and mathematician. In 1867, he gave completely general integral solutions to the differential equations of electromagnetism, which contain retardation effects reflecting the finite speed of light. This paper also introduces the Lorenz gauge, named after him. Lorenz also developed mathematical formulae to describe phenomena such as the relation between the refraction of light and the density of a pure transparent substance, and the relation between a metal's electrical and thermal conductivity and temperature (Wiedemann–Franz–Lorenz law). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludvig Lorenz is the 536th most popular physicist (down from 426th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 236th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 536 out of 851. Before him are Heinz von Foerster, Leonid Mandelstam, Vikram Sarabhai, Gustave Trouvé, Maurice Karnaugh, and Leona Woods. After him are August Beer, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, William Robert Grove, Ira Sprague Bowen, Joseph Larmor, and Vladimir Steklov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 48. Before him are Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Alfred Newton, and Edmond Albius. After him are Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Carl Schurz, Suzanne Manet, Charles Walter De Vis, Jean Dufresne, and Lester Allan Pelton. Among people deceased in 1891, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 72. Before him are Theodor Aman, Sarah Childress Polk, Laza Lazarević, Adolphe Alphand, José María Iglesias, and Charles Stewart Parnell. After him are Sanjō Sanetomi, Carl Johan Thyselius, Antero de Quental, Joseph Leidy, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, and James Russell Lowell.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 350 out of 1,032. Before him are Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Ghita Nørby (1935), Erik Balling (1924), Georg Mohr (1640), and Svend Asmussen (1916). After him are Lis Hartel (1921), Peter Freuchen (1886), Søren Kam (1921), Inge Sørensen (1924), Willy Hansen (1906), and Torben Ulrich (1928).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 6. Before him are Niels Bohr (1885), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Aage Bohr (1922), Martin Knudsen (1871), and Ole Worm (1588). After him are Lene Hau (1959), and Henrik Svensmark (1958).

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