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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 43,588 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alvan Graham Clark is the 367th most popular astronomer (down from 254th in 2019), the 5,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,864th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 49.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 367 out of 644. Before him are Giorgio Abetti, Heber Doust Curtis, Jean Richer, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Richard Martin West, and Dirk Brouwer. After him are Paul Götz, Ralph Copeland, James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, Frank Watson Dyson, and Gérard de Vaucouleurs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 69. Before him are Sergey Botkin, Miroslav Tyrš, Max Lange, Mary Edwards Walker, Larin Paraske, and Lina Sandell. After him are Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Lucretia Garfield, Nikiforos Lytras, Juan Montalvo, and Victor Meirelles. Among people deceased in 1897, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 59. Before him are Heinrich von Stephan, Aleko Konstantinov, Robert Themptander, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Carl Remigius Fresenius, and Oscar Dickson. After him are Mutsu Munemitsu, Gotō Shōjirō, James Legge, Japetus Steenstrup, Adam Asnyk, and Dimitrie Ghica.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 5,483 out of 20,380. Before him are Sandahl Bergman (1951), James Farentino (1938), Bessie Coleman (1892), J. P. Mallory (1945), Chris Dickerson (1939), and Mykelti Williamson (1960). After him are Clarence Gilyard (1955), Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), Adrian Belew (1949), Honus Wagner (1874), Vincent Gallo (1961), and Harold Hotelling (1895).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 68. Before him are James W. Christy (1938), Frank Muller (1862), Eugene Parker (1927), Herbert Friedman (1916), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), and Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911). After him are James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Henry E. Holt (1929), James L. Elliot (1943), George O. Abell (1927), and Paul W. Merrill (1887).

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