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William Robert Grove

1811 - 1896

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Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE (11 July 1811 – 1 August 1896) was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Robert Grove is the 539th most popular physicist (down from 495th in 2019), the 2,791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,227th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Robert Grove ranks 539 out of 851. Before him are Gustave Trouvé, Maurice Karnaugh, Leona Woods, Ludvig Lorenz, August Beer, and Arthur Jeffrey Dempster. After him are Ira Sprague Bowen, Joseph Larmor, Vladimir Steklov, Gerard K. O'Neill, Pief Panofsky, and Grote Reber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, William Robert Grove ranks 49. Before him are J. C. Jacobsen, John William Draper, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Giulia Grisi, Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia. After him are Carl Johan Thyselius, James Young Simpson, Johann Dzierzon, Georg August Wallin, Mohammad Afzal Khan, and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. Among people deceased in 1896, William Robert Grove ranks 58. Before him are Giuseppe Fiorelli, Simeon Bavier, Charilaos Trikoupis, Ferdinand von Mueller, Walthère Frère-Orban, and Carl Humann. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Mathew Brady, Amelia Dyer, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Alexey Bogolyubov, and Mårten Eskil Winge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robert Grove ranks 2,792 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wood (1930), Kevin Ayers (1944), Thomas Wright (1711), Ed Davey (1965), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), and Andrew Ridgeley (1963). After him are Robert Catesby (1573), Jack Greenwell (1884), Michael Byrne (1943), Dougray Scott (1965), Edwin Lutyens (1869), and Frederick DuCane Godman (1834).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Robert Grove ranks 59. Before him are John Houghton (1931), Alfred Ewing (1855), Frederick Guthrie (1833), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), John Leslie (1766), and Paul Davies (1946). After him are Joseph Larmor (1857), Gilbert Walker (1868), John Robison (1739), William Astbury (1898), Ernest Marsden (1889), and Ralph H. Fowler (1889).

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