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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 133,853 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Edward Emerson Barnard is the 84th most popular astronomer (up from 94th in 2019), the 1,313th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,307th in 2019) and the 14th 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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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 84 out of 531. Before him are Arthur B. McDonald, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Karl Ludwig Harding, Lewis A. Swift, Walter Baade, and Wilhelm Tempel. After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Abu Maʿshar, Eric Walter Elst, Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and Angelo Secchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 35. Before him are Joseph Babinski, Karl Pearson, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Otto von Below, and Vladimir Bekhterev. After him are Eugène Atget, Max Klinger, 12th Dalai Lama, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Wilhelm Johannsen, and Theodor Escherich. Among people deceased in 1923, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 24. Before him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Princess Louise of Prussia, Katherine Mansfield, Milena Vukotić, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski. After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Raymond Radiguet, Edith Södergran, Ernst Troeltsch, Max Nordau, and Edward W. Morley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 1,313 out of 18,182. Before him are Cass Elliot (1941), Gordon Moore (1929), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Sacagawea (1780), and Lance Armstrong (1971). After him are Ray Kurzweil (1948), Kenny Rogers (1938), Izzy Stradlin (1962), Max Wright (1943), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), and Linda McCartney (1941).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 14. Before him are Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Vera Rubin (1928), Percival Lowell (1855), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Lewis A. Swift (1820). After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), J. Allen Hynek (1910), James Van Allen (1914), Frank Drake (1930), and Edward Charles Pickering (1846).

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