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Vilho Väisälä

1889 - 1969

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Vilho Väisälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋilho ˈʋæi̯sælæ]; September 28, 1889 – August 12, 1969) was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala Oyj. After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere. At the time the measurements were conducted by attaching a thermograph to a kite. In 1917 he published his dissertation in mathematics Ensimmäisen lajin elliptisen integralin käänteisfunktion yksikäsitteisyys (The single-valuedness of the inverse function of the elliptic integral of the first kind). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilho Väisälä is the 737th most popular physicist (down from 706th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 327th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vilho Väisälä ranks 737 out of 851Before him are Arthur Schuster, James Hartle, Gregor Wentzel, Roald Sagdeev, Mordehai Milgrom, and Valentine Telegdi. After him are Seymour Benzer, Peter Mark Roget, Ted Fujita, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, and Robert Bacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vilho Väisälä ranks 259Before him are Lajos Asztalos, Louis Ségura, José María Belauste, Carl Bertilsson, Alfred E. Green, and Hans Walter. After him are Menen Asfaw, Rolf Johnsson, James Chapin, Aleksei Dikiy, Claude McKay, and Artur Adson. Among people deceased in 1969, Vilho Väisälä ranks 218Before him are Stratis Myrivilis, Ramdas Gandhi, Skip James, Barton MacLane, Corneliu Robe, and Fred Hampton. After him are Vernon Duke, Hans Deppe, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Bess Meredyth, Kazimierz Wierzyński, and Raymond Flacher.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 372 out of 751Before him are Väinö Ikonen (1895), Matti Lähde (1911), Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Osmo Vänskä (1953), Anna-Maja Henriksson (1964), and Kelpo Gröndahl (1920). After him are Toimi Alatalo (1929), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Hannu Salama (1936), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), and Niilo Halonen (1940).

Among PHYSICISTS In Finland

Among physicists born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 2Before him are Gunnar Nordström (1881).