1834 - 1908
Charles Augustus Young (15 December 1834 – 4 January 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 25,293 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Charles Augustus Young is the 474th most popular astronomer (down from 448th in 2019), the 8,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,395th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Charles Augustus Young ranks 474 out of 531. Before him are Bohdan Paczyński, Robert Emden, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Matvey Gusev, Aristarkh Belopolsky, and Hans-Emil Schuster. After him are Kaoru Ikeya, María Teresa Ruiz, Grigory Shajn, Thomas Romney Robinson, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, and Arno Arthur Wachmann.
1940 - 2007
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 468
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 469
1891 - 1977
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 470
1826 - 1866
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 471
1854 - 1934
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 472
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 473
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 474
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 475
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 476
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 477
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 478
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 479
1902 - 1990
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 480
Among people born in 1834, Charles Augustus Young ranks 80. Before him are Manuel Pardo, Friedrich Tietjen, George du Maurier, Heinrich Caro, Princess Marie of Baden, and Edmond Laguerre. After him are Emil Stang, Rafael Zaldívar, James Gibbons, José Eugenio Ellauri, Thomas François Burgers, and John G. Carlisle. Among people deceased in 1908, Charles Augustus Young ranks 91. Before him are Henry Bird, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Carl Koldewey, Joel Chandler Harris, Marco Aurelio Soto, and Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo. After him are Ignacio de Veintemilla, John Taylor, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Redvers Buller, and Harriet Hosmer.
1834 - 1878
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 74
1834 - 1895
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 75
1834 - 1896
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 76
1834 - 1910
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 77
1834 - 1899
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 78
1834 - 1886
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 79
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 80
1834 - 1912
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 81
1834 - 1903
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 82
1834 - 1921
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 83
1834 - 1894
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 84
1834 - 1881
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 85
1834 - 1910
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 86
1830 - 1908
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 85
1851 - 1908
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 86
1837 - 1908
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 87
1848 - 1908
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 88
1846 - 1908
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 89
1824 - 1908
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 90
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 91
1828 - 1908
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 92
1883 - 1908
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 93
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 94
1860 - 1908
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 95
1839 - 1908
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 96
1830 - 1908
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 97
Among people born in United States, Charles Augustus Young ranks 8,136 out of 18,182. Before him are Marsha Ivins (1951), Julie Taymor (1952), William H. Crawford (1772), Liza Weil (1977), Ricky Schroder (1970), and Diana Der Hovanessian (1934). After him are Hope Davis (1964), Christopher Browning (1944), Judith O'Dea (1945), Johnny Moss (1907), Mia Malkova (1992), and Earl Derr Biggers (1884).
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,130
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,131
1772 - 1834
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,132
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,133
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,134
1934 - 2018
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 8,135
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 8,136
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 8,137
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 8,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 8,139
1907 - 1995
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 8,140
1992 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 8,141
1884 - 1933
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 8,142
Among astronomers born in United States, Charles Augustus Young ranks 103. Before him are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Margaret Geller (1947), Carolyn Porco (1953), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Edward S. Holden (1846), and DeLisle Stewart (1870). After him are Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), John N. Bahcall (1934), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Roy A. Tucker (1951), and Marc Aaronson (1950).
1935 - 2002
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 97
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 98
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 99
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 100
1846 - 1914
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 101
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 102
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 103
1843 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 104
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 105
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 106
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 107
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 108
1950 - 1987
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 109