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David Todd Wilkinson

1935 - 2002

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David Todd Wilkinson (May 13, 1935 – September 5, 2002) was an American cosmologist, specializing in the study of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Todd Wilkinson has received more than 42,180 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Todd Wilkinson is the 458th most popular astronomer (up from 460th in 2019), the 7,211th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,619th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, David Todd Wilkinson ranks 458 out of 644. Before him are Charles W. Juels, Frank Schlesinger, Alexandre Schaumasse, Carolyn Porco, Alfred Schmitt, and Michael E. Brown. After him are Geoffrey Burbidge, Guillermo Haro, Tsutomu Seki, Vincenzo Cerulli, Luciano Tesi, and Charles Piazzi Smyth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, David Todd Wilkinson ranks 361. Before him are Peer Hultberg, Vladimir Levenshtein, Sherrill Milnes, Jed Allan, Yuri Titov, and Usha Mangeshkar. After him are Mal Evans, Henning Enoksen, Dorothy Provine, Mel Ramos, Hubert Hahne, and Heinz Schneiter. Among people deceased in 2002, David Todd Wilkinson ranks 236. Before him are Tore Svensson, Lotfia Elnadi, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Mikayil Abdullayev, Hernán Gaviria, and Neal E. Miller. After him are Alexander Kazantsev, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Harold Russell, William Luther Pierce, Gregorio Fuentes, and Lance Macklin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Todd Wilkinson ranks 7,211 out of 20,380. Before him are Vincent Spano (1962), Charles Sheeler (1883), Elaine May (1932), Gloria Jones (1945), Michael E. Brown (1965), and Slim Harpo (1924). After him are Lucinda Williams (1937), Bob Menendez (1954), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), and Kevin Tighe (1944).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, David Todd Wilkinson ranks 89. Before him are Horace W. Babcock (1912), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Carolyn Porco (1953), and Michael E. Brown (1965). After him are Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Schelte J. Bus (1956), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), and Carl A. Wirtanen (1910).

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