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Walter Kaufmann

1871 - 1947

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Walter Kaufmann (June 5, 1871 – January 1, 1947) was a German physicist. He is best known for the first experimental proof of the velocity dependence of mass, which was an important contribution to the development of modern physics, including special relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Kaufmann is the 616th most popular physicist (up from 629th in 2019), the 4,319th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,404th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Walter Kaufmann ranks 616 out of 851. Before him are Victor J. Stenger, Prosper-René Blondlot, Aleksandr Stoletov, Alfred Landé, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, and Leopoldo Nobili. After him are David Deutsch, Heinrich Kayser, Jean Becquerel, Franco Rasetti, Abraham Alikhanov, and Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Walter Kaufmann ranks 123. Before him are Florence R. Sabin, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Vatslav Vorovsky, Henryk Arctowski, Ernst Stromer, and Vasyl Stefanyk. After him are Federigo Enriques, Stijn Streuvels, Bodil Katharine Biørn, Frank Schlesinger, Constantin Argetoianu, and Lou Tseng-Tsiang. Among people deceased in 1947, Walter Kaufmann ranks 154. Before him are Max Berg, José Pardo y Barreda, Eugène Lanti, Amadeo García, Martin Klein, and George Henry Peters. After him are Max Dessoir, Ellsworth Huntington, Martin Mutschmann, Georg Schnéevoigt, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, and Ture Rangström.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Kaufmann ranks 4,321 out of 7,253. Before him are Tom Wlaschiha (1973), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855), Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801), and Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750). After him are Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Ludwig Aschoff (1866), Manfred Eicher (1943), Wolfgang Kleff (1946), Heinrich Kayser (1853), and Adam Lonicer (1528).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Walter Kaufmann ranks 85. Before him are Ursula Franklin (1921), Georg Adolf Erman (1806), Otto Lehmann (1855), Gustav Mie (1868), Albert Betz (1885), and Alfred Landé (1888). After him are Heinrich Kayser (1853), Walther Müller (1905), Georg Hermann Quincke (1834), Ralph Kronig (1904), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), and Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769).

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