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Ted Fujita

1920 - 1998

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Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (; FOO-jee-tah) (藤田 哲也, Fujita Tetsuya; October 23, 1920 – November 19, 1998) was a Japanese and American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Although he is best known for creating the Fujita scale of tornado intensity and damage, he also discovered downbursts and microbursts and was an instrumental figure in advancing modern understanding of many severe weather phenomena and how they affect people and communities, especially through his work exploring the relationship between wind speed and damage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Fujita is the 740th most popular physicist (down from 667th in 2019), the 1,586th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,274th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ted Fujita ranks 740 out of 851. Before him are Roald Sagdeev, Mordehai Milgrom, Valentine Telegdi, Vilho Väisälä, Seymour Benzer, and Peter Mark Roget. After him are Shirley Ann Jackson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Robert Bacher, Hans Reissner, Hubert Curien, and Adriaan Fokker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ted Fujita ranks 380. Before him are Stan Musial, Leonid Shvartsman, Antoinette Meyer, Elmo Zumwalt, Kelpo Gröndahl, and Clive Dunn. After him are Shelly Manne, Osvaldo Sáez, Edera Cordiale, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Irving Kristol, and Doug Serrurier. Among people deceased in 1998, Ted Fujita ranks 266. Before him are James Algar, Jesús Loroño, Betty Carter, Kim Ki-young, Augusto Magli, and Wade Dominguez. After him are Elio Morille, Clark Clifford, Henry Spira, Givi Kartozia, Max Streibl, and James Lighthill.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ted Fujita ranks 1,586 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932), Kei Okami (1859), Masanao Sasaki (1962), Michio Mado (1909), Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), and Yuriko Mizuma (1970). After him are William Phillips (null), Hiroki Matsubara (1973), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), Nobuko Imai (1943), Nobuo Kishi (1959), and Akitsugu Konno (1944).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Ted Fujita ranks 20. Before him are Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), Shoichi Sakata (1911), Yoshiaki Arata (1924), and Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926).

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