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Edward Emerson Barnard

1857 - 1923

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Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Emerson Barnard has received more than 142,676 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Edward Emerson Barnard is the 88th most popular astronomer (down from 84th in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,313th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Astronomer.

Edward Emerson Barnard is most famous for his discovery of the first nova, Nova Aurigae, in 1892.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 88 out of 644. Before him are Percival Lowell, Lewis A. Swift, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Victor Ambartsumian, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani. After him are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Girolamo Fracastoro, Johann Palisa, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Petrus Apianus, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 33. Before him are Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, Karl Pearson, George Hendrik Breitner, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, and Otto von Below. After him are Aleksandr Lyapunov, Max Klinger, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, 12th Dalai Lama, Antoni Grabowski, and Ida Tarbell. Among people deceased in 1923, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 23. Before him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Katherine Mansfield, James Dewar, George Hendrik Breitner, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Milena Vukotić, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Max Nordau, Raymond Radiguet, and Ernst Troeltsch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 1,191 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Siegel (1912), Donna Haraway (1944), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Sissy Spacek (1949), George Papandreou (1952), and George Stinney (1929). After him are Edmund Kemper (1948), Herbie Hancock (1940), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Little Richard (1932), Butch Cassidy (1866), and Marshall Rosenberg (1934).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 15. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Asaph Hall (1829), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Percival Lowell (1855), and Lewis A. Swift (1820). After him are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), James Van Allen (1914), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), and Frank Drake (1930).

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