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Walter Heitler

1904 - 1981

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Walter Heinrich Heitler (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈhaɪtlɐ]; 2 January 1904 – 15 November 1981) was a German physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He brought chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Heitler is the 464th most popular physicist (up from 498th in 2019), the 2,786th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,207th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Walter Heitler ranks 464 out of 851. Before him are Marie Alfred Cornu, Johanna Budwig, Hendrik Casimir, Clarence Zener, Jürgen Ehlers, and Carlo Matteucci. After him are Berta Karlik, Rashid Sunyaev, Gabriele Veneziano, Sameera Moussa, Mildred Dresselhaus, and John Canton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Walter Heitler ranks 130. Before him are Joseph M. Juran, Franz Kutschera, Aparicio Méndez, Max Mallowan, Juan José Arévalo, and Seán MacBride. After him are Berta Karlik, Alexandrina of Balazar, Frederick Ashton, Edgar P. Jacobs, Vilis Lācis, and Delmer Daves. Among people deceased in 1981, Walter Heitler ranks 95. Before him are Nargis, Mohammad Beheshti, Mariama Bâ, Edith Head, Helmut Gröttrup, and Eraldo Monzeglio. After him are Glauber Rocha, Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Michele Andreolo, and Alexander Kotov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Heitler ranks 2,787 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia (1680), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Friedrich Spee (1591), Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1794), and Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901). After him are Wilhelm Roux (1850), Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental (1652), Luigi Colani (1928), Hans von Marées (1837), and Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Walter Heitler ranks 67. Before him are Ernst Chladni (1756), Walther Meissner (1882), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Erich Hückel (1896), Johanna Budwig (1908), and Jürgen Ehlers (1929). After him are Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687), Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796), Heinrich Rubens (1865), Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826), and Emil Warburg (1846).

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