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Bernard Lyot

1897 - 1952

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Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ fɛʁdinɑ̃ ljo]2 7 February 1897 in Paris – 2 April 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Lyot has received more than 34,474 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Bernard Lyot is the 200th most popular astronomer (down from 152nd in 2019), the 2,417th most popular biography from France (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bernard Lyot ranks 200 out of 644. Before him are Andreas Cellarius, Francis Baily, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Martin Schwarzschild, Peter Andreas Hansen, and Jeremiah Horrocks. After him are Seth Barnes Nicholson, John Stanley Plaskett, Margherita Hack, Mashallah ibn Athari, Cleomedes, and Tamara Smirnova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Bernard Lyot ranks 112. Before him are Karol Świerczewski, Edmund Heines, Georgy Shpagin, Michael Lippert, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Marian Anderson. After him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, J. P. Guilford, Husni al-Za'im, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Eddie Eagan, and Agustín Lara. Among people deceased in 1952, Bernard Lyot ranks 63. Before him are Yitzhak Sadeh, Louise d'Orléans, Władysław Strzemiński, Georgy Shpagin, Vladimír Clementis, and Albert Forster. After him are Keisuke Okada, Pierre Renoir, Eli Heckscher, Matrona Nikonova, Princess Hilda of Nassau, and Johan Nygaardsvold.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Lyot ranks 2,417 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Morand (1888), Germanus of Auxerre (378), Séverine (1948), Cécile Aubry (1928), Édouard Molinaro (1928), and Bernard of Menthon (923). After him are Jean François de Troy (1679), Brigitte Lahaie (1955), Louis Anquetin (1861), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), and Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Bernard Lyot ranks 16. Before him are Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Auguste Charlois (1864), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), and Jean Chacornac (1823). After him are Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Alexis Bouvard (1767), Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), and Jean Fernel (1497).

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