#1Science & Medicine
Melba Phillips
1907–2004American physicist and science educator
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Famous people · Hazleton
Hazleton has one famous person on record
In 1907, the American physicist and science educator Melba Phillips was born. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. 15 languages have an article about them. Famous people are on record for 379 of the towns in Indiana.
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Melba Phillips
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Melba Phillips
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hazleton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- Melba Phillips: Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons