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Alfred Fowler

1868 - 1940

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Alfred Fowler, CBE FRS (22 March 1868, in Yorkshire – 24 June 1940) was an English astronomer and spectroscopist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Fowler has received more than 31,887 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alfred Fowler is the 297th most popular astronomer (down from 218th in 2019), the 2,422nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alfred Fowler ranks 297 out of 644. Before him are Rudolph Minkowski, Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Otto Lesser, and Walter Lewin. After him are Michael van Langren, Robert T. A. Innes, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Carl Gustav Witt, and Antonia Maury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Alfred Fowler ranks 122. Before him are Sumner Paine, Ozaki Kōyō, Wilhelm Stekel, John Nance Garner, Théodore Steeg, and Delfim Moreira. After him are Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Edward S. Curtis, Anna Missuna, John Sealy Townsend, Filipp Makharadze, and Marie Dressler. Among people deceased in 1940, Alfred Fowler ranks 99. Before him are Wilhelm Stekel, Gyula Kellner, Wehib Pasha, Marcel Granet, Vítězslava Kaprálová, and Janusz Kusociński. After him are Mikhail Koshkin, Udham Singh, Maciej Rataj, Mikhail Koltsov, Karimeh Abbud, and Karl Muck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Fowler ranks 2,422 out of 8,785. Before him are Luke Evans (1979), Ian Richardson (1934), Vera Brittain (1893), Nobby Stiles (1942), Cædwalla of Wessex (659), and Terry-Thomas (1911). After him are Leslie Phillips (1924), Delroy Lindo (1952), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Richard Cobden (1804), William Hope Hodgson (1877), and Pete Burns (1959).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Alfred Fowler ranks 39. Before him are Cyril Jackson (1903), George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), John Machin (1680), and John Michell (1724). After him are Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Ralph Copeland (1837), and Frank Watson Dyson (1868).

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