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William Crookes

  • London: June 17, 1832 celebration
  • London: April 4, 1919 celebration
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    William Crookes  

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    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  

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    Male  

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    William Crookes

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  • celebration Date of birth

    London: June 17, 1832  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    London: April 4, 1919  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. physics
    2. chemistry
    3. spectroscopy
    4. spiritism
     

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  • school Education

    1. Imperial College London
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Elliott Cresson Medal (1912)
    2. Knight Bachelor (1897)
    3. Copley Medal (1904)
    4. Fellow of the Royal Society
    5. Albert Medal (1899)
    6. Royal Medal (1875)
    7. Davy Medal (1888)
    8. Bakerian Lecture (1883)
    9. Bakerian Lecture (1879)
    10. Bakerian Lecture (1878)
     

  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. Crookes radiometer
    2. Crookes tube
    3. discovery
     
  • British chemist and physicist (1832-1919) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1912), Knight Bachelor (1897), Copley Medal (1904), Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert

1. Raul Veede

  • June 17, 1974 celebration

Estonian philosopher | University of Tartu | June 17, 1974 - Freiburg im Breisgau: June 20, 1920 | Raul Veede | June 17, 1974 - Freiburg im Breisgau: June 20, 1920

2. Ana García Armada (Ana Garcia Armada)

  • Santiago de Compostela: June 17, 1970 celebration

Spanish researcher | Technical University of Madrid (1994) | Santiago de Compostela: June 17, 1970 - Zaporizhzhia: May 22, 2017 | Ana García Armada (Ana

3. Nira Chamberlain

  • Birmingham: June 17, 1969 celebration

British Mathematician | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2022) | Loughborough University, University of Portsmouth, Coventry University

4. Aleksandr Vladimirovič Čerkasov (Aleksandr Vladimirovic Cerkasov)

  • Moscow: June 17, 1966 celebration

Russian journalist, human rights activist (chair person of Memorial) | honorary doctorate at the Clermont-Auvergne university (2023), Moscow Helsinki Group Award

5. Pierre Bonhôte (Pierre Bonhote)

  • Neuchâtel: June 17, 1965 celebration
  • May 11, 2016 deceased

Swiss politician (1965-2016) | Neuchâtel: June 17, 1965 - May 11, 2016 | Pierre Bonhôte (Pierre Bonhote) | Neuchâtel: June 17, 1965 - May 11, 2016

6. Jonathan C. Knight

  • Lusaka: June 17, 1964 celebration

British physicist | Fellow of the Royal Society (2019) | Rondebosch Boys' High School, University of Cape Town | Lusaka: June 17, 1964 - January 1, 1154

7. Gregory Fu

  • Ohio: June 17, 1963 celebration

professor of organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology | Mukaiyama Award (2006), Ryoji Noyori Prize (2022), Fellow of the American

8. Péter G. Szalay (Peter G. Szalay)

  • Szentes: June 17, 1962 celebration

chemist (1962-) | Széchenyi Prize (2017) | University of Vienna, Zalaegerszegi Zrínyi Miklós Gimnázium, Eötvös Loránd University | Szentes: June 17

9. Jean Clam

  • June 17, 1958 celebration

German philosopher | June 17, 1958 - Dallas: July 2, 1907 | Jean Clam | June 17, 1958 - Dallas: July 2, 1907

10. Joseph Lykken

  • Minneapolis: June 17, 1957 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | Massachusetts Institute of

11. Bridget Carragher

  • June 17, 1957 celebration

American physicist | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022) | University of Chicago | June 17, 1957 - Moscow: March 27, 1805 | Bridget

12. Mark Chignell

  • June 17, 1956 celebration

Canadian academic | Ohio State University, University of Canterbury, St Andrew's College | June 17, 1956 - Los Angeles: March 24, 2024 | Mark Chignell | June

13. Fred Davis

  • New Haven: June 17, 1955 celebration

writer and entrepreneur | Northfield Mount Hermon School | New Haven: June 17, 1955 - South Bend: June 5, 2024 | Fred Davis | New Haven: June 17, 1955 - South

14. Marek Waszkowiak

  • Ostrzeszów: June 17, 1954 celebration

Polish politician | Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University | Ostrzeszów: June 17, 1954 - Biała Podlaska: November 25, 2020 | Marek Waszkowiak

15. Scott E. Denmark

  • Lynbrook: June 17, 1953 celebration

American chemist | Paracelsus Prize (2020), Ryoji Noyori Prize (2019), American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2003)

16. Nikos Salingaros

  • Perth: June 17, 1952 celebration

Australian academic | Stony Brook University | Perth: June 17, 1952 - Prague: December 15, 1995 | Nikos Salingaros | Perth: June 17, 1952 - Prague: December 15, 1995

17. Alex Szalay

  • Debrecen: June 17, 1949 celebration

Hungarian astrophysicist | Sidney Fernbach Award (2015), Széchenyi Prize (1991), ACM Fellow (2023) | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | Eötvös Loránd University

18. Nikolay Nepeivoda

  • Shelayevo: June 17, 1949 celebration

Russian mathematician | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University | Shelayevo: June 17, 1949 - Moscow: December 20, 1924 | Nikolay

19. Zoghman Mebkhout

  • Mécheria: June 17, 1948 celebration

mathematician | Servant Prize (2002) | Mécheria: June 17, 1948 - Versailles: January 20, 1986 | Zoghman Mebkhout | Mécheria: June 17, 1948 - Versailles

20. Michel Waldschmidt

  • Nancy: June 17, 1946 celebration

French mathematician | CNRS silver medal (1978), Cours Peccot (1976) | Nancy-Université | Nancy: June 17, 1946 - Pessac: January 30, 2018 | Michel Waldschmidt

21. Mogeli Khubutiya

  • Sukhumi: June 17, 1946 celebration

Russian scientist | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Russian government prize for science and technology

22. Chantal Mouffe

  • Charleroi: June 17, 1943 celebration

Belgian post-marxist political theorist | Université Moulay-Ismaïl, Université catholique de Louvain | Charleroi: June 17, 1943 - 7th arrondissement of

23. Alan Weinstein

  • New York City: June 17, 1943 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Guggenheim Fellowship (1985) | University of California, Berkeley | New York City

24. Burt Rutan

  • Estacada: June 17, 1943 celebration

American aerospace engineer | National Aviation Hall of Fame (1995), Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (2015), Presidential Citizens Medal, J. C. Hunsaker Award

25. Ukshin Hoti

  • Krushë e Madhe: June 17, 1943 celebration
  • Niš: January 1, 1999 deceased

Albanian philosopher and activist (1943-1999) | Harvard University, University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, University of Chicago

26. Volodymyr Kyrychenko

  • Penza: June 17, 1942 celebration
  • Kyiv: April 2, 2019 deceased

Ph.D. Steklov Institute of Mathematics 1968 (1942–2019) | Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Taras Shevchenko National

27. Dmitry Galtsov

  • Moscow: June 17, 1942 celebration

Russian physicist | MSU Faculty of Physics | Moscow: June 17, 1942 - January 1, 2023 | Dmitry Galtsov | Moscow: June 17, 1942 - January 1, 2023 | MSU Faculty of Physics

28. Sanford Levinson

  • United States: June 17, 1941 celebration

American political writer | Stanford Law School, Duke University, Harvard University | United States: June 17, 1941 - The Ritz London: April 8, 2013 | Sanford

29. Ted Nelson

  • Chicago: June 17, 1937 celebration

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist | Officer of Arts and Letters, Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award (1998) | Project Xanadu, Computer

30. Paul Monsky

  • June 17, 1936 celebration

American mathematician (1936-) | University of Chicago | June 17, 1936 - Derby: May 7, 1797 | Paul Monsky | June 17, 1936 - Derby: May 7, 1797 | University of Chicago

31. Zvonimir Bohte

  • Ljubljana: June 17, 1935 celebration

Slovene mathematician | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana: June 17, 1935 - Bled: August 1, 2015 | Zvonimir Bohte. Dragi | Ljubljana: June 17, 1935 - Bled

32. Zygmunt Cybulski

  • Milcz: June 17, 1935 celebration
  • July 16, 2023 deceased

Polish politician and chemist | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta | University of Gdańsk | Milcz: June

33. Akira Hasegawa

  • Tokyo: June 17, 1934 celebration

Japanese physicist (1934- ) | Hannes Alfvén Prize (2011), IEEE Quantum Electronics Award (1999), James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2000) | Osaka University

34. Jan Vilcek

  • Bratislava: June 17, 1933 celebration

Slovak immunologist | honorary doctor of Comenius University (2014), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2011), Great Immigrants Award (2011)

35. Hans Mark

  • Mannheim: June 17, 1929 celebration
  • Austin: December 18, 2021 deceased

American government official | NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1977), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1972), Fellow of the American Physical Society

36. Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr.

  • Norfolk: June 17, 1929 celebration
  • Wilmington: April 26, 1997 deceased

American chemist (1929–1997) | Priestley Medal (1994), Charles Goodyear Medal (1952), National Medal of Science (1992), Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime

37. Angèle Kremer-Marietti (Angele Kremer-Marietti)

  • 10th arrondissement of Paris: June 17, 1927 celebration
  • Ajaccio: November 21, 2013 deceased

philosopher (1927-2013) | 10th arrondissement of Paris: June 17, 1927 - Ajaccio: November 21, 2013 | Angèle Kremer-Marietti - Angèle Mathéa Marietti (Angele

38. Sergiu Rădăuțan (Sergiu Radautan)

  • Chișinău: June 17, 1926 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: March 6, 1998 deceased

Moldovan physicist (1926–1998) | Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Republic | Moldova State University | Chișinău: June 17, 1926 - Saint

39. Alexander Shulgin

  • Berkeley: June 17, 1925 celebration
  • Berkeley: June 2, 2014 deceased

American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014) | Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved, Tryptamines I

40. Şamil Möxämmätyarof (Samil Moxammatyarof)

  • Kazan: June 17, 1923 celebration
  • Moscow: May 23, 2005 deceased

Russian scientist | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | Kazan Federal University | Kazan: June 17, 1923 - Moscow: May 23, 2005

41. Bronisław Średniawa (Bronislaw Sredniawa)

  • Ciężkowice: June 17, 1917 celebration
  • Kraków: August 10, 2014 deceased

Polish physicist | Jagiellonian University | Ciężkowice: June 17, 1917 - Kraków: August 10, 2014 | Bronisław Średniawa (Bronislaw Sredniawa)

42. Julián Marías (Julian Marias)

  • Valladolid: June 17, 1914 celebration
  • Madrid: December 15, 2005 deceased

Spanish philosopher (1914-2005) | Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of May (1996), Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1981), Hijo

43. Mytrofan Pasichnyk

  • Zhirkivka: June 17, 1912 celebration
  • Kyiv: November 8, 1996 deceased

Soviet scientist (1912-1996) | Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Banner, Medal "For Battle Merit" | Poltava National

44. Hans Maass

  • Altona: June 17, 1911 celebration
  • Heidelberg: April 15, 1992 deceased

German mathematician (1911-1992) | University of Hamburg | Altona: June 17, 1911 - Heidelberg: April 15, 1992 | Hans Maass | Altona: June 17, 1911

45. W. V. D. Hodge

  • Edinburgh: June 17, 1903 celebration
  • Cambridge: July 7, 1975 deceased

British mathematician (1903–1975) | Adams Prize (1937), Copley Medal (1974), Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, Senior Berwick Prize (1952), Knight Bachelor

46. Hubert Schardin

  • Słupsk: June 17, 1902 celebration
  • Freiburg im Breisgau: September 27, 1965 deceased

German photographer and cinematographer (1902–1965) | War Merit Cross (1939) | Technische Universität Berlin | Słupsk: June 17, 1902 - Freiburg im

47. Yolando Pino

  • Parral: June 17, 1901 celebration
  • Santiago: April 5, 1992 deceased

Chilean writer | Parral: June 17, 1901 - Santiago: April 5, 1992 | Yolando Pino | Parral: June 17, 1901 - Santiago: April 5, 1992

48. Evgeny Milanovsky

  • Moscow: June 17, 1892 celebration
  • Moscow: October 14, 1940 deceased

Russian geologist | Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University | Moscow: June 17, 1892 - Moscow: October 14, 1940 | Evgeny Milanovsky

49. Adolf Joszt

  • Lviv: June 17, 1889 celebration
  • Gliwice: March 16, 1957 deceased

Polish chemist (1889–1957) | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Gold Cross of Merit, Work Flag Order, 1st class, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

50. Jakow Trachtenberg

  • Odesa: June 17, 1888 celebration
  • Zurich: October 26, 1951 deceased

Russian mathematician (1888–1951) | Saint Petersburg Mining Institute | Odesa: June 17, 1888 - Zurich: October 26, 1951 | Jakow Trachtenberg | Odesa: June

51. Georges Dupont

  • La Réole: June 17, 1884 celebration
  • November 24, 1958 deceased

French chemist (1884-1958) | Jecker Prize (1944) | École Normale Supérieure | La Réole: June 17, 1884 - November 24, 1958 | Georges Dupont | La Réole: June

52. Eduard Spranger

  • Groß-Lichterfelde: June 17, 1882 celebration
  • Tübingen: September 17, 1963 deceased

German psychologist (1882-1963) | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, honorary doctor of the University of Padua, Gold Goethe medal (1942), Great

53. Viktor Mochan

  • Odesa: June 17, 1875 celebration
  • Omsk: January 7, 1943 deceased

Soviet pediatrician | Honored Scientist of the RSFSR | Medical faculty of Moscow University | Odesa: June 17, 1875 - Omsk: January 7, 1943 | Viktor Mochan

54. Philipp Kohnstamm

  • Bonn: June 17, 1875 celebration
  • Ermelo: December 31, 1951 deceased

Dutch philosopher and theologian | Zilveren Anjer (1951) | Bonn: June 17, 1875 - Ermelo: December 31, 1951 | Philipp Kohnstamm | Bonn: June 17, 1875 - Ermelo

55. Eduard von Mayer

  • Russia: June 17, 1873 celebration
  • Minusio: December 26, 1960 deceased

1873-1960) | Russia: June 17, 1873 - Minusio: December 26, 1960 | Eduard von Mayer | Russia: June 17, 1873 - Minusio: December 26, 1960

56. John Robert Gregg

  • Rockcorry: June 17, 1867 celebration
  • New York City: February 23, 1948 deceased

Irish inventor and writer | Gregg shorthand | Rockcorry: June 17, 1867 - New York City: February 23, 1948 | John Robert Gregg | Rockcorry: June 17, 1867 - New

57. Ernst Winterstein

  • Ernstthal: June 17, 1865 celebration
  • Zurich: July 4, 1949 deceased

1865-1949) | University of Zurich | Ernstthal: June 17, 1865 - Zurich: July 4, 1949 | Ernst Winterstein | Ernstthal: June 17, 1865 - Zurich: July 4, 1949

58. William Henry Perkin

  • Sudbury: June 17, 1860 celebration
  • Oxford: September 17, 1929 deceased

English organic chemist (1860-1929) | Royal Medal (1925), Longstaff Prize (1900), Fellow of the Royal Society, Davy Medal (1904) | University of Würzburg

59. William Henry Emerson

  • Tunnel Hill: June 17, 1860 celebration
  • Atlanta: November 13, 1924 deceased

American chemist (1860–1924) | United States Naval Academy, Johns Hopkins University | Tunnel Hill: June 17, 1860 - Atlanta: November 13, 1924 | William

60. Henry Biolley

  • Turin: June 17, 1858 celebration
  • Couvet: October 22, 1939 deceased

scientist | Turin: June 17, 1858 - Couvet: October 22, 1939 | Henry Biolley | Turin: June 17, 1858 - Couvet: October 22, 1939

61. Juan Jacobo Durán Loriga (Juan Jacobo Duran Loriga)

  • A Coruña: June 17, 1854 celebration
  • A Coruña: December 3, 1911 deceased

Spanish mathematician (1854-1911) | A Coruña: June 17, 1854 - A Coruña: December 3, 1911 | Juan Jacobo Durán Loriga (Juan Jacobo Duran Loriga) | A Coruña

62. Antonio Pacinotti

  • Pisa: June 17, 1841 celebration
  • Pisa: March 24, 1912 deceased

Italian physicist (1841-1912) | Matteucci Medal (1880) | University of Pisa | Pisa: June 17, 1841 - Pisa: March 24, 1912 | Antonio Pacinotti | Pisa: June 17

63. Alexander Skene

  • Fyvie: June 17, 1837 celebration
  • Catskill: July 4, 1900 deceased

Scottish-American gynecologist (1837-1900) | University of Toronto, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, SUNY Downstate Health

64. George Herman Babcock

  • Unadilla Forks: June 17, 1832 celebration
  • Plainfield: December 16, 1893 deceased

American inventor (1832–1893) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1997) | Unadilla Forks: June 17, 1832 - Plainfield: December 16, 1893 | George Herman

65. Eduard Mulder

  • Rotterdam: June 17, 1832 celebration
  • Utrecht: March 8, 1924 deceased

Dutch chemist | Utrecht University | Rotterdam: June 17, 1832 - Utrecht: March 8, 1924 | Eduard Mulder | Rotterdam: June 17, 1832 - Utrecht: March 8, 1924

66. William Crookes

  • London: June 17, 1832 celebration
  • London: April 4, 1919 deceased

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919) | Elliott Cresson Medal (1912), Knight Bachelor (1897), Copley Medal (1904), Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert

67. John Henry Pepper

  • Westminster: June 17, 1821 celebration
  • Leytonstone: March 25, 1900 deceased

British scientist and inventor (1821-1900) | King's College School, University of Westminster | Westminster: June 17, 1821 - Leytonstone: March 25, 1900 | John

68. Alexandre Vinet

  • Ouchy: June 17, 1797 celebration
  • Clarens: May 4, 1847 deceased

Swiss theologian and literary historian (1797-1847) | University of Lausanne | Ouchy: June 17, 1797 - Clarens: May 4, 1847 | Alexandre Vinet | Ouchy: June 17

69. Philip Willem van Heusde

  • Rotterdam: June 17, 1778 celebration
  • Geneva: July 28, 1839 deceased

Dutch philosopher | Rotterdam: June 17, 1778 - Geneva: July 28, 1839 | Philip Willem van Heusde | Rotterdam: June 17, 1778 - Geneva: July 28, 1839

70. Arent Aasheim

  • Bergen: June 17, 1749 celebration
  • Copenhagen: July 10, 1800 deceased

Norwegian professor and physicist | Bergen: June 17, 1749 - Copenhagen: July 10, 1800 | Arent Aasheim | Bergen: June 17, 1749 - Copenhagen: July 10, 1800

71. Ermenegildo Pini

  • Milan: June 17, 1739 celebration
  • Milan: January 3, 1825 deceased

Italian mathematician, naturalist and architect (1739-1825) | Milan: June 17, 1739 - Milan: January 3, 1825 | Ermenegildo Pini | Milan: June 17, 1739 - Milan

72. Edmund Law

  • Cartmel: June 17, 1703 celebration
  • Rose Castle: August 14, 1787 deceased

British bishop (1703-1787) | Hawkshead Grammar School, St John's College | Cartmel: June 17, 1703 - Rose Castle: August 14, 1787 | Edmund Law | Cartmel: June

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