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Benjamin Markarian

1913 - 1985

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Benjamin "Benik" Egishevitch Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Markarian has received more than 26,141 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benjamin Markarian is the 378th most popular astronomer (down from 341st in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 137th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Benjamin Markarian ranks 378 out of 531Before him are Frank Schlesinger, Caterina Scarpellini, Herbert Friedman, Harry Edwin Wood, Frank Elmore Ross, and Harold Spencer Jones. After him are Dorothea Klumpke, Catherine Cesarsky, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Henry E. Holt, Joseph Johann von Littrow, and Zdeňka Vávrová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Benjamin Markarian ranks 216Before him are Masayoshi Ito, Morton Gould, Rudolf Noack, Ċensu Tabone, Félicien Marceau, and George Abecassis. After him are Zezé Procópio, Robertson Davies, Johan Kraag, Ranko Marinković, Andre DeToth, and Bahi Ladgham. Among people deceased in 1985, Benjamin Markarian ranks 158Before him are Enrique Fernández Viola, Jan de Quay, Roger Sessions, Masten Gregory, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Bodil Joensen, Julie Vlasto, Josef Čtyřoký, Efrem Zimbalist, Karl Zischek, and Zoot Sims.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 162 out of 342Before him are Merab Kostava (1939), Otar Korkia (1923), Otar Chiladze (1933), Vasily Abaev (1900), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), and Marlen Khutsiev (1925). After him are Nani Bregvadze (1938), Giorgi Kvirikashvili (1967), Lado Gudiashvili (1896), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), and Arpenik Nalbandyan (1916).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Georgia

Among astronomers born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 3Before him are Victor Ambartsumian (1908) and Grigory Neujmin (1886).