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Beatrice Tinsley

1941 - 1981

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Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatrice Tinsley has received more than 322,259 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Tinsley is the 444th most popular astronomer (down from 420th in 2019), the 3,801st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,462nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

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  • 3.44

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Beatrice Tinsley ranks 444 out of 531. Before her are Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, William Rutter Dawes, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Henry Smyth, and John Stanley Plaskett. After her are Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Michel Giacobini, Patrick Moore, and Harold D. Babcock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Beatrice Tinsley ranks 411. Before her are Kaija Mustonen, François Weyergans, Bas van Fraassen, Jackie DeShannon, Anandiben Patel, and Nikolai Gubenko. After her are Peter Ducke, Wolfgang Hofmann, Dag Solstad, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Renato Corsetti, and Dennis Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1981, Beatrice Tinsley ranks 188. Before her are Josef Silný, Delfo Cabrera, Beulah Bondi, Ruby Payne-Scott, Aníbal Ciocca, and Gregory Breit. After her are Antonio Suárez, Paul Bontemps, Richard Boone, Ariel Durant, Antero Kivi, and Francesca Woodman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Beatrice Tinsley ranks 3,801 out of 7,765. Before her are Peter Mark Roget (1779), Ernest Payne (1884), Howard Marks (1945), Phil Neville (1977), Clara Reeve (1729), and Charles Montagu Doughty (1843). After her are Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Ray Wilson (1968), Tina Charles (1954), Herbert Ponting (1870), David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1378), and Albert Oldman (1883).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Beatrice Tinsley ranks 56. Before her are John Pond (1767), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), and William Henry Smyth (1788). After her are Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Richard A. Proctor (1837), and James Challis (1803).

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