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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. He was born in Wilsden on the outskirts of Bradford, Yorkshire and educated at London's Normal School of Science, which was later absorbed into Imperial College, London. He was appointed Instructor (later Assistant Professor) of Astrophysics at Imperial College and worked there until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Fowler has received more than 18,211 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alfred Fowler is the 236th most popular astronomer (up from 303rd in 2019), the 2,074th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,343rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alfred Fowler ranks 236 out of 532. Before him are William Wallace Campbell, Iosif Shklovsky, Tamara Smirnova, Otto Lesser, Agrippa, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are Thomas Gold, Francis Baily, Didier Queloz, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Alexis Bouvard, and Theodor von Oppolzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Alfred Fowler ranks 101. Before him are Wilhelm Stekel, Josep Comas i Solà, Max Slevogt, George Arliss, Lauri Ingman, and Delfim Moreira. After him are Georgy Voronoy, Cai Yuanpei, Juventino Rosas, Edward S. Curtis, Patriarch Miron of Romania, and Mihailo Petrović. Among people deceased in 1940, Alfred Fowler ranks 79. Before him are Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Gjergj Fishta, Robert Maillart, Marcel Granet, Wilhelm Stekel, and Olga Boznańska. After him are Pierre Weiss, Ben Turpin, Gyula Kellner, Cai Yuanpei, Walter Hasenclever, and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Fowler ranks 2,074 out of 6,924. Before him are Melita Norwood (1912), Frederick Abberline (1843), Norman Hunter (1943), Ken Annakin (1914), Edmund Kean (1787), and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516). After him are Luke Evans (1979), Stephen Rea (1946), William Robertson Smith (1846), Neil Tennant (1954), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and John Haigh (1909).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Alfred Fowler ranks 32. Before him are James Dunlop (1793), George Mary Searle (1839), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), James Ferguson (1797), David Gill (1843), and Robert T. A. Innes (1861). After him are Francis Baily (1774), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Cyril Jackson (1903), John Machin (1680), and Williamina Fleming (1857).

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