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Meghnad Saha

1893 - 1956

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Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to accurately relate the spectral classes of stars to their actual temperatures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meghnad Saha is the 493rd most popular physicist (down from 446th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Meghnad Saha ranks 493 out of 851. Before him are Macedonio Melloni, Theodore Hall, Jayant Narlikar, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Christian Mayer, and Toshiko Yuasa. After him are Augusto Righi, Heinrich Rubens, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Emil Warburg, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, and Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Meghnad Saha ranks 145. Before him are Louise Weiss, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Walter Donaldson, Georges Florovsky, Lajos Czeizler, and George Ohsawa. After him are Rued Langgaard, Costante Girardengo, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hilda Geiringer, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Freya Stark. Among people deceased in 1956, Meghnad Saha ranks 110. Before him are Stan Ockers, Eduardo Lonardi, Jean Hersholt, Henri Callot, Samad Vurgun, and Louis Rosier. After him are Vladimir Obruchev, Jacques Moeschal, Walther Kossel, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Mikhail Tereshchenko, and Zoltán Halmay.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Meghnad Saha ranks 19 out of 74. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), Sri Chinmoy (1931), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Anandamayi Ma (1896), and Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894). After him are Mahasweta Devi (1926), Radhabinod Pal (1886), Begum Rokeya (1880), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), and Bipin Chandra Pal (1858).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Bangladesh

Among physicists born in Bangladesh, Meghnad Saha ranks 2. Before him are Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858).

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