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Paul Scherrer

1890 - 1969

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Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Scherrer is the 659th most popular physicist (up from 680th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 531st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Paul Scherrer ranks 659 out of 851. Before him are Bernard Lovell, John Sealy Townsend, William Higinbotham, Edward Condon, Brian Greene, and C. V. Boys. After him are Alexis Thérèse Petit, Matvei Bronstein, Michael Green, Mario Livio, Seth Neddermeyer, and Helen Quinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Paul Scherrer ranks 181. Before him are Lev Chernyi, Mykola Zerov, Ben Adams, Hans Gál, Rainer von Fieandt, and Klabund. After him are Eino Kaila, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Herbert Marshall, Gustaf Weidel, Karl Lashley, and Paul Whiteman. Among people deceased in 1969, Paul Scherrer ranks 178. Before him are Julius Saaristo, Ben Shahn, Marek Hłasko, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, André Gaboriaud, and Jim Bellamy. After him are Camille Mandrillon, Mildred Davis, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Hagigat Rzayeva, Moisés Solana, and Miklós Szilvási.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Scherrer ranks 511 out of 1,015. Before him are Robert Alt (1927), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), Paul Martin (1901), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Heinz Hermann (1958), and Kurt Armbruster (1934). After him are Martin Suter (1948), Karl Bodmer (1809), Gottfried Honegger (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), and Pier Francesco Mola (1612).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Switzerland

Among physicists born in Switzerland, Paul Scherrer ranks 13. Before him are Ami Argand (1750), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Raoul Pictet (1846), Walther Ritz (1878), Jakob II Bernoulli (1759), and Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724). After him are Alfred Kleiner (1849), and Ernst Stueckelberg (1905).

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