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A. E. Douglass

1867 - 1962

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A. E. (Andrew Ellicott) Douglass (July 5, 1867 in Windsor, Vermont – March 20, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American astronomer. He discovered a correlation between tree rings and the sunspot cycle, and founded the discipline of dendrochronology, which is a method of dating wood by analyzing the growth ring pattern. He started his discoveries in this field in 1894 when he was working at the Lowell Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. E. Douglass has received more than 62,644 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). A. E. Douglass is the 572nd most popular astronomer (down from 524th in 2019), the 11,294th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,604th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, A. E. Douglass ranks 572 out of 644. Before him are Kazuro Watanabe, Peter Goldreich, Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Merieme Chadid, and Kazimierz Kordylewski. After him are Margaret Harwood, Christian Pollas, Kin Endate, Kenzo Suzuki, Mary Watson Whitney, and James Ferguson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, A. E. Douglass ranks 148. Before him are Wilberforce Eaves, José Vicente Concha, Henry Lawson, Lillian Wald, George Luks, and Florence Fuller. After him are Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Hobart Bosworth, Anders Peter Nielsen, Arthur Streeton, William Lashly, and Alec B. Francis. Among people deceased in 1962, A. E. Douglass ranks 215. Before him are Edy Reinalter, Julius Lenhart, Fran Saleški Finžgar, Augusta Savage, George Vernot, and Ron Flockhart. After him are Helena Kottler Vurnik, Robert S. Woodworth, Frank Amyot, Louise Fazenda, Ludwig Bemelmans, and Hoot Gibson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 11,294 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Carter (1987), Drew Carey (1958), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Ethel Clayton (1882), Charles J. Folger (1818), and Lucille Ricksen (1910). After him are Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Scott Adams (1957), Han Ye-seul (1981), Margaret Harwood (1885), K Callan (1936), and Stacey Kent (1965).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 117. Before him are John August Anderson (1876), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Thomas Bopp (1949), Robert Herman (1914), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), and Peter Goldreich (1939). After him are Margaret Harwood (1885), Christian Pollas (1947), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Adelaide Ames (1900), John Huchra (1948), and Jan Kleyna (2000).

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