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Charles Augustus Young

1834 - 1908

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Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 – January 4, 1908) one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States. He observed solar eclipses and worked on spectroscopy of the Sun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Augustus Young has received more than 34,322 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Augustus Young is the 535th most popular astronomer (down from 477th in 2019), the 9,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,120th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Charles Augustus Young ranks 535 out of 644. Before him are Marc Aaronson, John Pond, Yoshisada Shimizu, Robert H. McNaught, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco. After him are Kiichirō Furukawa, Ruby Payne-Scott, Seiji Ueda, Mary Proctor, Lawrence H. Aller, and Andrew Ainslie Common.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Charles Augustus Young ranks 90. Before him are Maurice Raynaud, Princess Marie of Baden, Rafael Zaldívar, Édouard Pailleron, Emil Stang, and José Eugenio Ellauri. After him are Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, Kapiʻolani, Sabine Baring-Gould, Thomas François Burgers, James Gibbons, and Frederick DuCane Godman. Among people deceased in 1908, Charles Augustus Young ranks 99. Before him are José Manuel Marroquín, Marco Aurelio Soto, Henry Bird, American Horse, Federico Chueca, and Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. After him are John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Harriet Hosmer, Redvers Buller, John Taylor, Thomas Hill, and Old Tom Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Augustus Young ranks 9,633 out of 20,380. Before him are Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Greg Graffin (1964), Colin Campbell Cooper (1856), Pauline Starke (1901), Jon Ossoff (1987), and Eddie Hazel (1950). After him are Kristy Swanson (1969), Joe Lovano (1952), John Hoyt (1905), Parker Stevenson (1952), John Carroll (1735), and Michael Parenti (1933).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Charles Augustus Young ranks 104. Before him are Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), John N. Bahcall (1934), Roy A. Tucker (1951), Edward S. Holden (1846), Marc Aaronson (1950), and Grove Karl Gilbert (1843). After him are Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Rittenhouse (1732), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), and Bruce C. Murray (1931).

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