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Edward Charles Pickering

1846 - 1919

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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

Among astronomers, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 105 out of 531Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 26Before 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 37Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 1,611 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 20Before 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).