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Ole Worm

1588 - 1654

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Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen where he taught Greek, Latin, physics and medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Worm is the 523rd most popular physicist (down from 478th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 278th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ole Worm ranks 523 out of 851. Before him are Clyde Cowan, Edoardo Amaldi, Konstantin Novoselov, Yuri Orlov, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, and David J. Griffiths. After him are John Leslie, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, George Volkoff, Paul Davies, Giovanni Poleni, and Fabiola Gianotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, Ole Worm ranks 16. Before him are Robert Filmer, Pierre Séguier, Jan Janssonius, Johann von Aldringen, Johann Heinrich Alsted, and Margherita Aldobrandini. After him are John Winthrop, Claudius Salmasius, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, and Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen. Among people deceased in 1654, Ole Worm ranks 15. Before him are İslâm III Giray, Peter Claver, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and Matei Basarab. After him are Athanasius III of Constantinople, John Selden, and Nicholas Culpeper.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Worm ranks 322 out of 1,032. Before him are Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940), Tom Kristensen (1967), Viggo Larsen (1880), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Bjarne Riis (1964), and Holger Drachmann (1846). After him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Ebbe Schwartz (1901), Bodil Ipsen (1889), Karen Hoff (1921), Helen of Sweden (1130), and Edgar Rubin (1886).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Ole Worm ranks 5. Before him are Niels Bohr (1885), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Aage Bohr (1922), and Martin Knudsen (1871). After him are Ludvig Lorenz (1829), Lene Hau (1959), and Henrik Svensmark (1958).

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