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Robert H. Dicke

1916 - 1997

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Robert Henry Dicke (; May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American astronomer and physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity. He was the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University (1975–1984). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert H. Dicke is the 553rd most popular physicist (up from 602nd in 2019), the 5,187th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,719th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert H. Dicke ranks 553 out of 851. Before him are John Robison, Ludvig Faddeev, Gunnar Nordström, Woldemar Voigt, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Gene Amdahl. After him are Philip Morrison, Richard Mollier, Ursula Franklin, Knut Ångström, Giuseppe Occhialini, and William Astbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Robert H. Dicke ranks 147. Before him are Anton Diffring, Svend Asmussen, Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, Charlie Christian, and Rong Yiren. After him are Julian Rotter, Adriana Caselotti, Werner Bischof, Penelope Fitzgerald, José López Rega, and Giuseppe Taddei. Among people deceased in 1997, Robert H. Dicke ranks 153. Before him are John Akii-Bua, Afonsinho, Heikki Savolainen, Eugene Stoner, Heikki A. Alikoski, and Misael Pastrana Borrero. After him are Brian Keith, Adriana Caselotti, James A. Michener, Edmond Leburton, Georges Marchal, and Ziya Bunyadov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert H. Dicke ranks 5,187 out of 20,380. Before him are Diahann Carroll (1935), Claire Danes (1979), Emily Deschanel (1976), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Jackson Showalter (1860), and Kate Walsh (1967). After him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Philip Morrison (1915), Ted Cassidy (1932), Ken Walsh (1945), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), and Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert H. Dicke ranks 116. Before him are Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Leona Woods (1919), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Grote Reber (1911), and Gene Amdahl (1922). After him are Philip Morrison (1915), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Norman Holter (1914), and Kenneth Bainbridge (1904).

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