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Manfred von Ardenne

1907 - 1997

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Manfred Baron von Ardenne (German pronunciation: [ˈmanfʁeːt fɔn aʁˈdɛn]; 20 January 1907 – 26 May 1997) was a German researcher, autodidact in applied physics, and an inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear technology, plasma physics, and radio and television technology. From 1928 to 1945, he directed his self-funded and private research laboratory Forschungslaboratorium für Elektronenphysik, where he developed and invented many techniques used in modern physics. After the World War II, von Ardenne was held in Soviet custody and was one of many of the German nuclear physicists in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, and later honored with the Stalin Prize by the former Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manfred von Ardenne is the 390th most popular physicist (down from 361st in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,748th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Manfred von Ardenne ranks 390 out of 851. Before him are Vladimir Fock, Edward Witten, George Johnstone Stoney, Qian Xuesen, Donna Strickland, and Christopher Polhem. After him are Léon Brillouin, Hiroshi Amano, Moritz von Jacobi, Walter A. Shewhart, Stefan Hell, and Jean-Antoine Nollet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Manfred von Ardenne ranks 99. Before him are Anne Desclos, Mahadevi Varma, Herbert Kappler, Run Run Shaw, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Cesar Romero. After him are Pedro Arrupe, Frithjof Schuon, Takeo Miki, Johann Trollmann, Álvaro Gestido, and Chūya Nakahara. Among people deceased in 1997, Manfred von Ardenne ranks 85. Before him are Barbara, Héctor Yazalde, Ernst Wilimowski, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Edward Mulhare, and Samuel Fuller. After him are Kunihiko Kodaira, Son Sen, Jean Françaix, Gunpei Yokoi, Jacinto Quincoces, and Giuseppe De Santis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Manfred von Ardenne ranks 1,966 out of 7,253. Before him are Margaret Sambiria (1230), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Eric Voegelin (1901), Ernst Engel (1821), and Stéphane Hessel (1917). After him are Joachim Streich (1951), Karin Dor (1938), Reinhard Marx (1953), Eduard Mörike (1804), Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865), and Eduard Wirths (1909).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Manfred von Ardenne ranks 57. Before him are Wolfgang Ketterle (1957), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840), Friedrich Paschen (1865), and August Kundt (1839). After him are Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Paul Drude (1863), Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865), Ernst Chladni (1756), Walther Meissner (1882), and Rudolf Peierls (1907).

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