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Walther Müller

1905 - 1979

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Walther Müller (6 September 1905, in Hanover – 4 December 1979, in Walnut Creek, California) was a German physicist, most well known for his improvement of Hans Geiger's counter for ionizing radiation, now known as the Geiger-Müller tube. Walther Müller studied physics, chemistry and philosophy at the University of Kiel. In 1925 he became the first PhD student of Hans Geiger, who had just got a professorship in Kiel. Their work on ionization of gases by collision lead to the invention of the Geiger-Müller counter, a now indispensable tool for measuring radioactive radiation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Müller is the 627th most popular physicist (down from 619th in 2019), the 4,383rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,348th in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Walther Müller ranks 627 out of 851. Before him are Abraham Alikhanov, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Charles Kittel, Carl August von Steinheil, Harriet Brooks, and Max Wien. After him are Georg Hermann Quincke, Ole Jacob Broch, Robert R. Wilson, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Balthasar van der Pol, and Yvette Cauchois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Walther Müller ranks 247. Before him are Hadiya Davletshina, Mikio Oda, Kunio Maekawa, Antonio Berni, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Johannes Käbin. After him are Erskine Hamilton Childers, Vladimír Holan, Anton Ackermann, Lilí Álvarez, Vera Panova, and Franchot Tone. Among people deceased in 1979, Walther Müller ranks 183. Before him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Anatoly Kuznetsov, I. A. Richards, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Pyotr Gavrilov, and Juan Aguilera. After him are Paul Meurisse, Louis Paul Boon, Mohamed Akid, Stan Kenton, Heinz Erhardt, and John Cromwell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Müller ranks 4,385 out of 7,253. Before him are Eberhard Diepgen (1941), Adolph Strecker (1822), Boris Papandopulo (1906), Martin Mutschmann (1879), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), and Peter Dietrich (1944). After him are Hans-Jürgen Dörner (1951), Johanna Kinkel (1810), Ludwig von Brenner (1833), Sonja Graf (1908), Dietmar Hamann (1973), and Hans Jakob (1908).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Walther Müller ranks 87. Before him are Otto Lehmann (1855), Gustav Mie (1868), Albert Betz (1885), Alfred Landé (1888), Walter Kaufmann (1871), and Heinrich Kayser (1853). After him are Georg Hermann Quincke (1834), Ralph Kronig (1904), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Burkhard Heim (1925), and Andreas von Ettingshausen (1796).

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