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Valentine Telegdi

1922 - 2006

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Valentine Louis Telegdi (Hungarian: Telegdi Bálint; 11 January 1922 – April 8, 2006) was a Hungarian-American physicist. He was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago before he moved to ETH Zürich. After retiring from ETH he divided his time between CERN and the California Institute of Technology. Telegdi chaired CERN's scientific policy committee from 1981 to 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentine Telegdi is the 736th most popular physicist (up from 760th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Valentine Telegdi ranks 736 out of 851. Before him are Walter Gordon, Arthur Schuster, James Hartle, Gregor Wentzel, Roald Sagdeev, and Mordehai Milgrom. After him are Vilho Väisälä, Seymour Benzer, Peter Mark Roget, Ted Fujita, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Rolf-Dieter Heuer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Valentine Telegdi ranks 366. Before him are Börje Tapper, Neal Hefti, Fritz Riess, Yao Lee, Herbert Schade, and John Braine. After him are Fyvush Finkel, Miron Białoszewski, Grace Paley, Kuno Klötzer, Ray Anthony, and Don Patinkin. Among people deceased in 2006, Valentine Telegdi ranks 310. Before him are Volodymyr Dakhno, László Jeney, Nel van Vliet, Östen Warnerbring, Schafik Hándal, and Darry Cowl. After him are Kenneth Lay, Lidia Wysocka, Andrey Petrov, Kaarlo Tuominen, Sofia Muratova, and Rosendo Hernández.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Valentine Telegdi ranks 703 out of 1,077. Before him are Vilmos Varjú (1937), Cécile Tormay (1876), Károly Takács (1910), Miklós Ambrus (1933), János Urányi (1924), and Zoltán Ribli (1951). After him are Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), József Szájer (1961), Péter Baczakó (1951), and Árpád Bárány (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Valentine Telegdi ranks 10. Before him are Dennis Gabor (1900), Georg von Békésy (1899), Arpad Elo (1903), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Nicholas Kurti (1908), and Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900). After him are Egon Orowan (1902).

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