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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 21,692 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Catherine Wolfe Bruce is the 366th most popular astronomer (down from 334th in 2019), the 5,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,107th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 366 out of 531. Before her are Hervé Faye, Paul Götz, Hendrik van Gent, Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, and Christoph Arnold. After her are Dilhan Eryurt, Carl A. Wirtanen, Peter van de Kamp, Forest Ray Moulton, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, and Frank Schlesinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 38. Before her are Jean Cabanis, August Wilhelm Ambros, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Moritz Steinschneider, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, and Andrei Mureșanu. After her are Richard Leach Maddox, Jubal Early, Dimitrie Ghica, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Grace Aguilar, and Paul Gervais. Among people deceased in 1900, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 65. Before her are Dmitry Grigorovich, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, John Anderson, Johan Kjeldahl, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, and Sigbjørn Obstfelder. After her are Gustaf Åkerhielm, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Wilhelm Kühne, Gustav Hartlaub, Adrien René Franchet, and Victoire Léodile Béra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 5,772 out of 18,182. Before her are Jack Coleman (1958), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Xzibit (1974), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Tyson Gay (1982), and Morton Gould (1913). After her are Jason Patric (1966), Nate Archibald (1948), Mädchen Amick (1970), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Yvonne Craig (1937), and Eugene V. Debs (1855).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 67. Before her are Alvan Clark (1804), Frank Muller (1862), Eugene Parker (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), David Rittenhouse (1732), and Sandra Faber (1944). After her are Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Herbert Friedman (1916), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), and Dorothea Klumpke (1861).

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