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Adriaan van Maanen

1884 - 1946

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Adriaan van Maanen (March 31, 1884 – January 26, 1946) was a Dutch-American astronomer. Born in Friesland, he studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht, earning his Ph.D. in 1911, and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid capacity at Yerkes Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriaan van Maanen has received more than 39,495 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adriaan van Maanen is the 341st most popular astronomer (up from 506th in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 838th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Adriaan van Maanen ranks 341 out of 644. Before her are Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Didier Queloz, Benjamin Markarian, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, and Daniel Kirkwood. After her are Edward Sabine, Hugo von Seeliger, Charles Dillon Perrine, James W. Christy, Frank Muller, and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Adriaan van Maanen ranks 132. Before her are Dénes Kőnig, Margit Slachta, Juhan Aavik, Ants Piip, Oliver Kirk, and Ludowika Jakobsson. After her are Jean Decoux, A. Merritt, Marie Vassilieff, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Ömer Seyfettin, and Hermann Boehm. Among people deceased in 1946, Adriaan van Maanen ranks 146. Before her are I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Aleksandr Bogomolets, Jenny Nyström, Frederick W. Lanchester, Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, and Raimu. After her are Charles Despiau, Pantelis Karasevdas, William Wain Prior, Cesare Orsenigo, Carl Theodor Zahle, and Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adriaan van Maanen ranks 600 out of 1,646. Before her are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Nigel de Jong (1984), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Pleun Strik (1944), Cornelis Lely (1854), and Wim Kieft (1962). After her are C. George Boeree (1952), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Memphis Depay (1994), Evert van Aelst (1602), Pim Doesburg (1943), and Björn Kuipers (1973).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Adriaan van Maanen ranks 15. Before her are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Walter Lewin (1936), Michael van Langren (1598), Maarten Schmidt (1929), and Eise Eisinga (1744). After her are Bart Bok (1906), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Kees de Jager (1921), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).

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