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Ányos Jedlik

1800 - 1895

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Ányos István Jedlik (1800 – 1895) was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ányos Jedlik is the 426th most popular physicist (down from 403rd in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 64th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ányos Jedlik ranks 426 out of 851. Before him are Georgy Flyorov, Johann Andreas Segner, John Mauchly, Jules Jamin, Louis Harold Gray, and John Henry Poynting. After him are Saul Perlmutter, Hantaro Nagaoka, Ernst Chladni, Raoul Pictet, Alan Guth, and Homi J. Bhabha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Ányos Jedlik ranks 32. Before him are Juan José Flores, George Bentham, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Aga Khan I, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha. After him are Johann Georg Wagler, Evangelos Zappas, Ekkathat, Charles Rogier, Jakob Lorber, and Auguste von Harrach. Among people deceased in 1895, Ányos Jedlik ranks 35. Before him are Franz Ernst Neumann, Floriano Peixoto, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Gustav Freytag, Karl Vogt, and Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. After him are Sophie Adlersparre, Camilla Collett, François Certain de Canrobert, Stefan Stambolov, Ding Ruchang, and Mykhailo Drahomanov.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ányos Jedlik ranks 67 out of 418. Before him are Mikuláš Dzurinda (1956), Bálint Balassi (1554), Karol Dobiaš (1947), Stefan Vojislav (990), Johann Andreas Segner (1704), and Teréz Brunszvik (1775). After him are Adolf Scherer (1938), Vladimír Clementis (1902), Léopold Szondi (1893), Anton Ondruš (1950), Jozef Vengloš (1936), and Ondrej Nepela (1951).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Slovakia

Among physicists born in Slovakia, Ányos Jedlik ranks 3. Before him are Philipp Lenard (1862), and Johann Andreas Segner (1704).

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