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Dirk Brouwer

1902 - 1966

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Dirk Brouwer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)ɡ ˈbrʌu.ər]; September 1, 1902 – January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer.He received his PhD in 1927 at Leiden University under Willem de Sitter and then went to Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Brouwer has received more than 20,780 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dirk Brouwer is the 366th most popular astronomer (down from 342nd in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dirk Brouwers by language

Over the past year Dirk Brouwer has had the most page views in the with 2,393 views, followed by Chinese (1,597), and Hungarian (778). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (105.28%), Romanian (72.16%), and Cantonese (66.67%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Dirk Brouwer ranks 366 out of 644. Before him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Giorgio Abetti, Heber Doust Curtis, Jean Richer, Carl Keenan Seyfert, and Richard Martin West. After him are Alvan Graham Clark, Paul Götz, Ralph Copeland, James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, and Frank Watson Dyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Dirk Brouwer ranks 203. Before him are Veniamin Kaverin, Albert Namatjira, Yakov Smushkevich, José Miró Cardona, Kim Sowol, and Yevgeny Petrov. After him are Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Strom Thurmond, Herma Szabo, Lūcija Garūta, Jean Grémillon, and Luo Ronghuan. Among people deceased in 1966, Dirk Brouwer ranks 142. Before him are Vladimir Veksler, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Clifton Webb, Ed Wynn, Yuri Shaporin, and Anna Langfus. After him are Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Stylianos Gonatas, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Brian O'Nolan, Sofya Yanovskaya, and Santiago Lovell.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Brouwer ranks 639 out of 1,646. Before him are Paulus Bor (1601), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Dirk Coster (1889), Badr Hari (1984), Bas van Fraassen (1941), and Frenkie de Jong (1997). After him are Tylman van Gameren (1632), Jo Cals (1914), Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst (1603), Kick Smit (1911), Lenny Kuhr (1950), and Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Dirk Brouwer ranks 17. Before him are Walter Lewin (1936), Michael van Langren (1598), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Eise Eisinga (1744), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), and Bart Bok (1906). After him are Hendrik van Gent (1900), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Kees de Jager (1921), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).

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