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Prosper-René Blondlot

1849 - 1930

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Prosper-René Blondlot (French: [pʁɔspɛʁ ʁəne blɔ̃dlo]; 3 July 1849 – 24 November 1930) was a French physicist, who in 1891 made the first measurement of the speed of radio waves, but is now mostly remembered for his "discovery" of N rays, a phenomenon that subsequently proved to be illusory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prosper-René Blondlot is the 611th most popular physicist (down from 592nd in 2019), the 4,144th most popular biography from France (down from 3,999th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 611 out of 851. Before him are Robert Mills, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, James David Forbes, Bryce DeWitt, Albert Betz, and Victor J. Stenger. After him are Aleksandr Stoletov, Alfred Landé, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Leopoldo Nobili, Walter Kaufmann, and David Deutsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 81. Before him are Emma Lazarus, Gerhard Munthe, N. E. Brown, Christian Rohlfs, Józef Chełmoński, and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Giovanni Passannante, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Ruy Barbosa, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Alfhild Agrell, and José Manuel Pando. Among people deceased in 1930, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 93. Before him are Misuzu Kaneko, Alexander Bogomazov, Florbela Espanca, Herbert Hall Turner, Valeriano Weyler, and Kakutsa Cholokashvili. After him are Joseph Alzin, Leonard Meredith, Aleksandr Golovin, Gombojab Tsybikov, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, and Walther Reinhardt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 4,144 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Taffanel (1844), Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819), Adrien Auzout (1622), Daniel Balavoine (1952), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), and Philippe Verdelot (null). After him are Julien Guiomar (1928), Richard Gasquet (1986), Marie-Anne Chazel (1951), Maurice Genevoix (1890), René Petit (1899), and Maurice Guigue (1912).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Prosper-René Blondlot ranks 64. Before him are Gustave Trouvé (1839), Alfred Perot (1863), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Claude Pouillet (1790), Marcel Brillouin (1854), and Pierre Weiss (1865). After him are Jean Becquerel (1878), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Yvette Cauchois (1908), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), and Hubert Curien (1924).

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