1846 - 1919
Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Charles Pickering has received more than 119,405 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Edward Charles Pickering is the 105th most popular astronomer (up from 111th in 2019), the 1,611th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,558th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 105 out of 531. Before him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, J. Allen Hynek, James Van Allen, Mary Somerville, Reinhard Genzel, and Frank Drake. After him are George Biddell Airy, Ernst Öpik, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Heinrich Schwabe, and Arthur Auwers.
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 99
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 100
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 101
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 102
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 103
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 104
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 105
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 106
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 107
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 109
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 110
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 111
Among people born in 1846, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 26. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Anna Dostoevskaya, Karl von Bülow, Léon Bloy, Mariam Baouardy, and Alexander von Kluck. After him are Franz Mehring, Naim Frashëri, Tokugawa Iemochi, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Paolo Tosti, and Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1919, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 37. Before him are Guido von List, Georg von Hertling, Sophia Tolstaya, Mikhail Tsvet, Terauchi Masatake, and Vera Zasulich. After him are Franz Mehring, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Leo Jogiches, Loránd Eötvös, and Vasily Chapayev.
1846 - 1927
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 20
1846 - 1918
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 21
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 22
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 23
1846 - 1878
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 24
1846 - 1934
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 25
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 26
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 27
1846 - 1900
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 28
1846 - 1866
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 29
1846 - 1888
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 30
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 31
1846 - 1927
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 32
1848 - 1919
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 31
1843 - 1919
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 32
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 33
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 34
1852 - 1919
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 35
1849 - 1919
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 36
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 37
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 38
1859 - 1919
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 39
1863 - 1919
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 40
1867 - 1919
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 41
1848 - 1919
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 42
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 43
Among people born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 1,611 out of 18,182. Before him are River Phoenix (1970), Chadwick Boseman (1977), Walter Brennan (1894), Emilio Estevez (1962), Chris Cooper (1951), and Martha Nussbaum (1947). After him are Thomas Schelling (1921), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Hilary Swank (1974), Larry Silverstein (1931), Don Ameche (1908), and Jack Black (1969).
1970 - 1993
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,605
1977 - 2020
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,606
1894 - 1974
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,607
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,608
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,609
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,610
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,611
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,612
1909 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,613
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,614
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,615
1908 - 1993
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,616
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,617
Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 20. Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), J. Allen Hynek (1910), James Van Allen (1914), and Frank Drake (1930). After him are Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Harlow Shapley (1885), Maria Mitchell (1818), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), and George Phillips Bond (1825).
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 14
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 16
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 17
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 18
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 20
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 21
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 22
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 24
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 25
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 26