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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

1824 - 1896

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Apthorp Gould has received more than 47,563 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Benjamin Apthorp Gould is the 265th most popular astronomer (up from 302nd in 2019), the 4,008th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,556th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 265 out of 531. Before him are Klim Churyumov, Bengt Strömgren, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sylvain Arend, David Gill, and Franz Xaver von Zach. After him are Charles T. Kowal, Antonia Maury, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Laurent Cassegrain, Jean Richer, and Carl Charlier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 45. Before him are Avram Iancu, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Pierre-Émile Martin, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Alexander William Williamson, and Antonio Ghislanzoni. After him are Branko Radičević, Ambrose Burnside, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Winfield Scott Hancock, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, and Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1896, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 46. Before him are Maria Wodzińska, Rainilaiarivony, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Robert Nobel, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Karl Verner, Charilaos Trikoupis, Mårten Eskil Winge, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Jules Simon, and Mathew Brady.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 4,008 out of 18,182. Before him are Malcom McLean (1913), Sammy Hagar (1947), John Lewis (1940), Jeffrey Jones (1946), George David Birkhoff (1884), and Berry Gordy (1929). After him are Sid Haig (1939), Carmine Appice (1946), Brian Keith (1921), Mike Love (1941), David Graeber (1961), and William Stanley Jr. (1858).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 50. Before him are Halton Arp (1927), James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), and Alvan Graham Clark (1832). After him are Charles T. Kowal (1940), Antonia Maury (1866), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Lewis Boss (1846), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), and Allan Sandage (1926).

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