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William Stanley Jr.

1858 - 1916

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William Stanley Jr. (November 28, 1858 – May 14, 1916) was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York. During his career, he obtained 129 patents covering a variety of electric devices. In 1913, he also patented an all-steel vacuum bottle, and formed the Stanley Bottle Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Stanley Jr. is the 435th most popular physicist (up from 744th in 2019), the 3,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,037th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Stanley Jr. ranks 435 out of 851. Before him are Ernst Chladni, Raoul Pictet, Alan Guth, Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, and Walther Ritz. After him are Walther Meissner, Evgeny Lifshitz, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Anatoli Bugorski, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Vladimir Chelomey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, William Stanley Jr. ranks 65. Before him are Roland Bonaparte, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Joséphin Péladan, Caran d'Ache, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Jenő Hubay. After him are Maximilien Luce, Medardo Rosso, George Albert Boulenger, Petar Bojović, Hans Rott, and Archibald Gracie IV. Among people deceased in 1916, William Stanley Jr. ranks 72. Before him are August Leskien, Saki, Tina Blau, Marie Bracquemond, Ferdinand Fellner, and Charles Booth. After him are Alice Ball, Huang Xing, Karl von Stürgkh, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, and Patrick Pearse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Stanley Jr. ranks 3,314 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Hogan (1956), Channing Tatum (1980), Ted Levine (1957), Esther Lederberg (1922), Kathryn Adams (1893), and Carmen Argenziano (1943). After him are Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Steven Weber (1961), James Scott (1885), Patricia Arquette (1968), Jensen Ackles (1978), and Winston Groom (1943).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, William Stanley Jr. ranks 90. Before him are Charles H. Bennett (1943), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Robert W. Wood (1868), John Mauchly (1907), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Alan Guth (1947). After him are Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), and Richard C. Tolman (1881).

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