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Edward S. Holden

1846 - 1914

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Edward Singleton Holden (November 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward S. Holden has received more than 30,481 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward S. Holden is the 468th most popular astronomer (up from 485th in 2019), the 7,792nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,979th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward S. Holden ranks 468 out of 531. Before him are Margaret Geller, William de Wiveleslie Abney, David H. Levy, Pierre Puiseux, Carolyn Porco, and Royal Harwood Frost. After him are DeLisle Stewart, Fyodor Bredikhin, Bohdan Paczyński, Robert Emden, Ernest Leonard Johnson, and Matvey Gusev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Edward S. Holden ranks 100. Before him are Karol Olszewski, William McGregor, Nikolay Umov, Arsène Darmesteter, Björn Jónsson, and Marco Aurelio Soto. After him are Rose Cleveland, Randolph Caldecott, Max Fürbringer, Benigno Ferreira, and Joseph B. Foraker. Among people deceased in 1914, Edward S. Holden ranks 118. Before him are Margaret E. Knight, John Philip Holland, Eugène Balme, Jakub Arbes, Morton Betts, and Daniel De Leon. After him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Ida Freund, and Mariano Trías.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward S. Holden ranks 7,792 out of 18,182. Before him are Dallas Long (1940), Larry Williams (1935), Susan Lucci (1946), Armen Alchian (1914), Michael Rosenbaum (1972), and Tom Kenny (1962). After him are Ryan Dunn (1977), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Myles Kennedy (1969), Marshmello (1992), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), and Kenny Barron (1943).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward S. Holden ranks 100. Before him are Benjamin Banneker (1731), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Margaret Geller (1947), Carolyn Porco (1953), and Royal Harwood Frost (1879). After him are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), John N. Bahcall (1934), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960).

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