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Albert George Wilson

1918 - 2012

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Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 – August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.He was born in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; his thesis title was Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid advised by Harry Bateman. In 1949 he accepted a job at Palomar Observatory, and led the Palomar Sky Survey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert George Wilson has received more than 19,097 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Albert George Wilson is the 289th most popular astronomer (up from 425th in 2019), the 4,158th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,869th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Albert George Wilson has had the most page views in the with 2,866 views, followed by Spanish (1,014), and Chinese (909). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (115.82%), Egyptian Arabic (92.90%), and Arabic (85.89%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Albert George Wilson ranks 289 out of 644. Before him are Horace Parnell Tuttle, Charles T. Kowal, Carl Charlier, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, John Michell, and Aleksander Wolszczan. After him are Caterina Scarpellini, Rudolph Minkowski, Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, and Otto Lesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Albert George Wilson ranks 151. Before him are María Mercader, Mehdi Huseynzade, Brenda Milner, Mickey Spillane, Lucian Pulvermacher, and Oles Honchar. After him are Eric Ericson, Abraham Pais, Iryna Melnykova, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alfredo Ovando Candía. Among people deceased in 2012, Albert George Wilson ranks 179. Before him are Roy Salvadori, Genichi Taguchi, Carlo Rambaldi, Jack Klugman, Christian Marin, and Harry Carey Jr.. After him are Jean Laplanche, Albert O. Hirschman, Ervin Zádor, Celeste Holm, Pierre Mondy, and José María Zárraga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert George Wilson ranks 4,158 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Meyers (1949), Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), William Larned (1872), Frank Carlucci (1930), and Eddie Bracken (1915). After him are Jane Toppan (1854), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Willa Cather (1873), Charles Francis Hall (1821), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), and Horace Greeley (1811).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Albert George Wilson ranks 54. Before him are William Cranch Bond (1789), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Halton Arp (1927), Allan Sandage (1926), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), and Charles T. Kowal (1940). After him are Antonia Maury (1866), Adam Riess (1969), Lewis Boss (1846), Alvan Clark (1804), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), and Daniel Kirkwood (1814).

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