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William Sturgeon

1783 - 1850

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William Sturgeon (; 22 May 1783 – 4 December 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor who made the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Sturgeon is the 367th most popular physicist (down from 349th in 2019), the 1,452nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Sturgeon ranks 367 out of 851. Before him are Heinrich Geißler, Henri Pitot, Duncan Haldane, Gaston Planté, Théophile de Donder, and Louis Slotin. After him are George F. R. Ellis, Wolfgang Ketterle, Karl Guthe Jansky, Jurij Vega, Vladimir Shukhov, and Franz Ernst Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, William Sturgeon ranks 16. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Hugh Glass, Catharina of Württemberg, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are François Magendie, Roustam Raza, Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, and Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1850, William Sturgeon ranks 25. Before him are Józef Bem, Germain Henri Hess, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Vincent Pallotti, and Jean-Pierre Boyer. After him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, John C. Calhoun, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, William Prout, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Sturgeon ranks 1,452 out of 8,785. Before him are Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), Stephen Harding (1059), John Mandeville (1300), and Jim Brown (1908). After him are Mick Jones (1944), Matt Smith (1982), David Hartley (1705), Constance Lloyd (1858), Frederick Keeping (1867), and Kim Wilde (1960).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, William Sturgeon ranks 46. Before him are Dennis W. Sciama (1926), John Stewart Bell (1928), Stephen Hales (1677), Joseph Swan (1828), William Whewell (1794), and Duncan Haldane (1951). After him are John Kerr (1824), William Watson (1715), Louis Harold Gray (1905), John Henry Poynting (1852), John Dollond (1706), and John Canton (1718).

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