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Yvette Cauchois

1908 - 1999

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Yvette Cauchois (French pronunciation: [ivɛt koʃwa] ; 19 December 1908 – 19 November 1999) was a French physicist known for her contributions to X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray optics, and for pioneering European synchrotron research. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yvette Cauchois is the 633rd most popular physicist (up from 694th in 2019), the 4,294th most popular biography from France (up from 4,613th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yvette Cauchois ranks 633 out of 851. Before her are Walther Müller, Georg Hermann Quincke, Ole Jacob Broch, Robert R. Wilson, Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Balthasar van der Pol. After her are Abraham Pais, James Hansen, Gordon Gould, Isaak Kikoin, Lee Smolin, and Julius Wess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Yvette Cauchois ranks 268. Before her are Mary Welsh Hemingway, Alfons Rebane, Walter Bruch, Ivan Brown, Jesús Castro, and Devika Rani. After her are Buddy Ebsen, Aleksei Arbuzov, Helmut Käutner, Jenő Vincze, Tommaso Landolfi, and Winston Graham. Among people deceased in 1999, Yvette Cauchois ranks 193. Before her are Walter Schleger, Nahum Stelmach, Henry Carlsson, István Nagy, Ruth Roman, and Primo Nebiolo. After her are David A. Huffman, Shel Silverstein, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Quentin Crisp, John Berry, and Ashley Montagu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yvette Cauchois ranks 4,294 out of 6,770. Before her are Hippolyte Girardot (1955), Roger Marche (1924), Bruno Coulais (1954), Bafétimbi Gomis (1985), Kingsley Coman (1996), and Pierre Michon (1945). After her are Romain Duris (1974), Ratramnus (800), Paul Déroulède (1846), Hugo Falcandus (1200), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), and René Lemoine (1905).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Yvette Cauchois ranks 67. Before her are Claude Pouillet (1790), Marcel Brillouin (1854), Pierre Weiss (1865), Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), Jean Becquerel (1878), and Carl August von Steinheil (1801). After her are Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Hubert Curien (1924), Jacques Friedel (1921), and Thibault Damour (1951).

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