ASTRONOMER

Daniel Kirkwood

1814 - 1895

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Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 – June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer. Kirkwood was born in Harford County, Maryland, to John and Agnes (née Hope) Kirkwood. He graduated in mathematics from the York County Academy in York, Pennsylvania, in 1838. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Kirkwood has received more than 28,885 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Daniel Kirkwood is the 340th most popular astronomer (down from 309th in 2019), the 4,873rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,711th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Daniel Kirkwood ranks 340 out of 644. Before him are Elia Millosevich, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Didier Queloz, Benjamin Markarian, and Lyudmila Zhuravleva. After him are Adriaan van Maanen, Edward Sabine, Hugo von Seeliger, Charles Dillon Perrine, James W. Christy, and Frank Muller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Daniel Kirkwood ranks 49. Before him are Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Girolamo de Rada, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Johann Georg Halske, Amalia Lindegren, and Gustav Hartlaub. After him are Joseph Hooker, James Paget, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Hervé Faye, Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan, and Hermann, Prince of Wied. Among people deceased in 1895, Daniel Kirkwood ranks 58. Before him are Sophie Adlersparre, Hayranidil Kadın, Henri Ernest Baillon, Meijer de Haan, Viktor Rydberg, and John Wesley Hardin. After him are Jorge Isaacs, Petko Slaveykov, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Nikolay Girs, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, and Silvestro Lega.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Kirkwood ranks 4,873 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby Seale (1936), Francis Scott Key (1779), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Edmund Randolph (1753), Kristen Bell (1980), and Todd Phillips (1970). After him are Woody Herman (1913), Fred Thompson (1942), George Catlin (1796), Jane Powell (1929), Henry Adams (1838), and Gianni Russo (1943).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Daniel Kirkwood ranks 60. Before him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Antonia Maury (1866), Adam Riess (1969), Lewis Boss (1846), Alvan Clark (1804), and Raymond Smith Dugan (1878). After him are Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), James W. Christy (1938), Frank Muller (1862), Eugene Parker (1927), Herbert Friedman (1916), and Heber Doust Curtis (1872).

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