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Mihajlo Pupin

1858 - 1935

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Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Идворски Пупин, pronounced [miˈxǎjlo ˈîdʋoɾski ˈpǔpin]; October 4, 1858 – March 12, 1935), also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist and inventor. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as "pupinization"). Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) on 3 March 1915, which later became NASA, and he participated in the founding of American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society. In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mihajlo Pupin is the 279th most popular physicist (down from 204th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Physicist.

Mihajlo Pupin is most famous for his work in the field of wireless communication. He invented the first radio wave antenna, and also discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 279 out of 851. Before him are John C. Mather, Masatoshi Koshiba, Claude-Louis Navier, Daniel Rutherford, John Robert Schrieffer, and David Gross. After him are William Daniel Phillips, Valentin Ceaușescu, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Peter Mansfield, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, and Antoine César Becquerel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 29. Before him are Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, Eugène Dubois, Eugène Ysaÿe, Beatrice Webb, and Kang Youwei. After him are Eleonora Duse, Giovanni Segantini, Lovis Corinth, John A. Hobson, Michael Hainisch, and André Antoine. Among people deceased in 1935, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 33. Before him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Aron Nimzowitsch, Henri Pirenne, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Hugo Junkers, and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. After him are Panait Istrati, Magnus Hirschfeld, Anna Ancher, Ali of Hejaz, Paul Bourget, and Rashid Rida.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 56 out of 661. Before him are Milorad Pavić (1929), Duško Popov (1912), Danilo Kiš (1935), Vesna Vulović (1950), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), and Radomir Putnik (1847). After him are Branislav Nušić (1864), Bora Milutinović (1944), Lazar Branković (1421), Radomir Antić (1948), Milena Dravić (1940), and Radoje Domanović (1873).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Serbia

Among physicists born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 1. 

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