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Catherine Wolfe Bruce

1816 - 1900

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Catherine Wolfe Bruce (January 22, 1816, New York – March 13, 1900, New York) was a noted American philanthropist and patron of astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Wolfe Bruce has received more than 23,644 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Wolfe Bruce is the 258th most popular astronomer (up from 366th in 2019), the 3,731st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,760th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 258 out of 644. Before her are Charles Wolf, Laurent Cassegrain, Klim Churyumov, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Sandra Faber, and George Ellery Hale. After her are Nevil Maskelyne, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria Clara Eimmart, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Josep Comas i Solà, and Otto Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 26. Before her are Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Antoine François Marmontel, Malwida von Meysenbug, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Jean Cabanis, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki. After her are August Karl von Goeben, Ion Ghica, Jean Frédéric Frenet, William Gull, Emanuel Leutze, and Jan Arnošt Smoler. Among people deceased in 1900, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 52. Before her are Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Wilhelm Leibl, Arthur Sullivan, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Arsenio Martínez Campos, and Félix Ravaisson-Mollien. After her are Piet Joubert, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Francišak Bahuševič, Rudolf Charousek, and Fatima Sheikh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 3,731 out of 20,380. Before her are Anna Gunn (1968), Vincent Gigante (1928), Doyle Brunson (1933), Frederick Wiseman (1930), George Ellery Hale (1868), and L. L. Langstroth (1810). After her are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Dan Sullivan (1964), Budd Boetticher (1916), Roy E. Disney (1930), James Rollins (1961), and Elizabeth Banks (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 45. Before her are Nancy Roman (1925), Vesto Slipher (1875), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Sandra Faber (1944), and George Ellery Hale (1868). After her are Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), William Cranch Bond (1789), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Halton Arp (1927), and Allan Sandage (1926).

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