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Charles Greeley Abbot

1872 - 1973

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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 73,719 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Charles Greeley Abbot is the 25th most popular astronomer (up from 40th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from United States (up from 622nd in 2019) and the 4th 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

Among astronomers, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 25 out of 644. Before him are Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Messier, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Avempace, Edmond Halley, and Roger Joseph Boscovich. After him are Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Giuseppe Piazzi, Robert Luther, Caroline Herschel, Johannes Hevelius, and Johann Gottfried Galle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 9. Before him are Bertrand Russell, Haakon VII of Norway, Alexandra Kollontai, Alexandra Feodorovna, Calvin Coolidge, and Johan Huizinga. After him are Paul Langevin, Marcel Mauss, Anton Denikin, Emil Hácha, Richard Willstätter, and Léon Blum. Among people deceased in 1973, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 26. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, Henri Charrière, Max Horkheimer, Pablo Casals, Víctor Jara, and Ferdinand Schörner. After him are Gabriel Marcel, Semyon Budyonny, Anna Magnani, Ragnar Frisch, Hans Albert Einstein, and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 376 out of 20,380. Before him are Harvey Keitel (1939), Willis Lamb (1913), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Robert Peary (1856), Virginia Apgar (1909), and Paulette Goddard (1910). After him are Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), Rock Hudson (1925), Mickey Rourke (1952), O. Henry (1862), Raymond Chandler (1888), and Chester W. Nimitz (1885).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 4. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889), Carl Sagan (1934), and Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958). After him are Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vera Rubin (1928), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Asaph Hall (1829), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), and Russell Alan Hulse (1950).

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