1872 - 1973
Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 – December 17, 1973) was an American astrophysicist and the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1928 until 1944. Abbot went from being director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to becoming Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution over the course of his career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Greeley Abbot has received more than 71,759 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Charles Greeley Abbot is the 40th most popular astronomer (up from 42nd in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from United States (up from 628th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Astronomer.
Charles Greeley Abbot is most famous for his work in the field of astronomy. He was a pioneer in the study of meteorites and asteroids, and he also helped to establish the observatory at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Among astronomers, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 40 out of 531. Before him are Caroline Herschel, Wilhelm Schickard, Michel Mayor, Adolphe Quetelet, Jan Oort, and Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. After him are Giovanni Schiaparelli, Simon Marius, Arthur Eddington, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, James Bradley, and Asaph Hall.
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 34
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 35
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 36
1796 - 1874
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 37
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 38
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 39
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 40
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 41
1573 - 1625
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 42
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 43
1868 - 1921
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 44
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 45
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 46
Among people born in 1872, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 18. Before him are Marcel Mauss, Djemal Pasha, Anton Denikin, Sergei Diaghilev, Richard Willstätter, and Louis Blériot. After him are Maurice Gamelin, Helena Rubinstein, Sri Aurobindo, Aubrey Beardsley, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, and Habibullah Khan. Among people deceased in 1973, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 34. Before him are J. Hans D. Jensen, Ragnar Frisch, Jacques Maritain, Selman Waksman, Hans Albert Einstein, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Rudolf Hess, A. S. Neill, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, and Amílcar Cabral.
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 12
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 13
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 15
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 16
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 17
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 18
1872 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 19
1872 - 1965
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 20
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 21
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 22
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 23
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 24
1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 28
1895 - 1973
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 29
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 30
1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 31
1904 - 1973
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 32
1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 33
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 34
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 35
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 36
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 37
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 38
1895 - 1973
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 39
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 622 out of 18,182. Before him are Priscilla Presley (1945), Rod Steiger (1925), Ron Perlman (1950), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Gloria Gaynor (1947), and Donald Rumsfeld (1932). After him are Ted Kennedy (1932), Jeff Goldblum (1952), Donna Summer (1948), Telly Savalas (1922), Jonas Salk (1914), and Robert Wagner (1930).
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 616
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 617
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 618
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 619
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 620
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 621
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 622
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 623
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 624
1948 - 2012
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 625
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 626
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 627
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 628
Among astronomers born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 6. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889), Carl Sagan (1934), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), and William Alfred Fowler (1911). After him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Vera Rubin (1928), Percival Lowell (1855), and Russell Alan Hulse (1950).
1889 - 1953
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 1
1934 - 1996
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 3
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 4
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 5
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 6
1868 - 1921
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 7
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 8
1906 - 1997
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 9
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 10
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 12