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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 58,767 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. A. E. Douglass is the 524th most popular astronomer (down from 483rd in 2019), the 10,627th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,952nd in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 16

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  • 2.62

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, A. E. Douglass ranks 524 out of 531. Before him are John Broughton, James Ferguson, Charles W. Juels, Merieme Chadid, Bruce C. Murray, and Ewine van Dishoeck. After him are György Kulin, Jane Luu, Kin Endate, Korado Korlević, Mary Proctor, and Christian Pollas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, A. E. Douglass ranks 135. Before him are George William Russell, Lillian Wald, Ernest Dowson, Henry Lawson, Anders Peter Nielsen, and Edith Hamilton. After him are Wilberforce Eaves, Flora Finch, Arthur Streeton, Patrick Joseph Hayes, and Eoin MacNeill. Among people deceased in 1962, A. E. Douglass ranks 192. Before him are Fernand Rigaux, André Roosevelt, Frank Amyot, Ludwig Bemelmans, Ernie Kovacs, and Josiah McCracken. After him are Augusta Savage, Louise Fazenda, Frank Lovejoy, Léon Binoche, Victor Sonnemans, and James Wordie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 10,627 out of 18,182. Before him are Alan Ritchson (1982), Robin Lord Taylor (1978), Philip Slone (1907), Robert Cormier (1925), Ari Aster (1986), and Art Taylor (1929). After him are William Samuel Johnson (1727), Tom Scott (1948), Mike Campbell (1950), Chris Colfer (1990), Don Messick (1926), and Jeff Kober (1953).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 113. Before him are Roy A. Tucker (1951), Marc Aaronson (1950), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Thomas Bopp (1949), Charles W. Juels (1944), and Bruce C. Murray (1931). After him are Christian Pollas (1947), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Peter Goldreich (1939), Chad Trujillo (1973), and David J. Tholen (1955).

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