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Alvan Graham Clark

1832 - 1897

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Alvan Graham Clark (July 10, 1832 – June 9, 1897) was an American astronomer and telescope-maker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvan Graham Clark has received more than 41,286 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alvan Graham Clark is the 254th most popular astronomer (down from 248th in 2019), the 3,875th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,701st in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.67

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  • 1.62

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 254 out of 531. Before him are Seth Carlo Chandler, Hubert Reeves, Paul Wild, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Oenopides, and Giovanni Battista Donati. After him are Andrew Graham, Niccolò Zucchi, George Mary Searle, Theodor von Oppolzer, Klim Churyumov, and Bengt Strömgren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 50. Before him are Nikolai Zverev, Arthur Hughes, Count Gustav Kálnoky, Lucien Quélet, Edwin Arnold, and Julius von Sachs. After him are Colin Archer, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Jules Vallès, Charilaos Trikoupis, Mary Edwards Walker, and Johann Joseph Abert. Among people deceased in 1897, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 45. Before him are Karol Mikuli, David Schwarz, Émile Levassor, Ion Ghica, Henri Meilhac, and Julius von Sachs. After him are Willem Roelofs, Rutherford Alcock, Édouard Deldevez, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Effie Gray, and Mutsu Munemitsu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 3,875 out of 18,182. Before him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Bruce Davison (1946), Adrienne Rich (1929), Alvin York (1887), and Jennifer Tilly (1958). After him are Diane Venora (1952), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), Michelle Williams (1980), Milton George Henschel (1920), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Squanto (1585).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 49. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Halton Arp (1927), James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), and Seth Carlo Chandler (1846). After him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Charles T. Kowal (1940), Antonia Maury (1866), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Lewis Boss (1846), and Raymond Smith Dugan (1878).

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