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Arnold Wolfendale

1927 - 2020

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Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale (25 June 1927 – 21 December 2020) was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold Wolfendale has received more than 54,654 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Wolfendale is the 583rd most popular astronomer (down from 553rd in 2019), the 5,651st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,980th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Arnold Wolfendale ranks 583 out of 644. Before him are Mary Watson Whitney, James Ferguson, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Adelaide Ames, Madge Adam, and Maura Tombelli. After him are Masayuki Yanai, Tomimaru Okuni, Stefano Sposetti, Jana Tichá, John Huchra, and Jan Kleyna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Arnold Wolfendale ranks 461. Before him are Ann Gillis, Harry Gallatin, Guy Mitchell, Henri Dirickx, Prem Nazir, and Nancy Dupree. After him are Giuseppe Moioli, Hugo Dollheiser, Tim O'Connor, Nan Martin, Marvin Kaplan, and Bill Slater. Among people deceased in 2020, Arnold Wolfendale ranks 730. Before him are Ben Jipcho, James Lipton, Frank Press, Annie Ross, Rupert Hine, and Narinder Singh Kapany. After him are Roger Saint-Vil, John Davies, Magdaleno Mercado, Rahat Indori, Oliver Friggieri, and Alan Merrill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arnold Wolfendale ranks 5,651 out of 8,785. Before him are Shirley Cawley (1932), Annie Ross (1930), Rupert Hine (1947), Muriel Freeman (1897), Tasmin Archer (1963), and James Maddison (1996). After him are David Oyelowo (1976), Dan McKenzie (1942), Andrew Ng (1976), Kenneth Clarke (1940), Cliff Jones (1935), and Ann Oakley (1944).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Arnold Wolfendale ranks 69. Before him are Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Ferguson (1710), and Madge Adam (1912). After him are Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).

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