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Edwin Ernest Salpeter

1924 - 2008

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Edwin Ernest Salpeter (3 December 1924 – 26 November 2008,) was an Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Ernest Salpeter has received more than 46,146 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edwin Ernest Salpeter is the 301st most popular astronomer (down from 279th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Austria (down from 619th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edwin Ernest Salpeter ranks 301 out of 644. Before him are Otto Lesser, Walter Lewin, Alfred Fowler, Michael van Langren, Robert T. A. Innes, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. After him are Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, Hermann von Struve, Wilhelm Gliese, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and Richard Christopher Carrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Edwin Ernest Salpeter ranks 222. Before him are Viktor Astafyev, Leslie Phillips, Marga López, Olivier Gendebien, Klaus Huber, and Mike Bongiorno. After him are Martha Hyer, George Segal, Yasuzo Masumura, Tatyana Lioznova, Dennis Weaver, and Max van der Stoel. Among people deceased in 2008, Edwin Ernest Salpeter ranks 161. Before him are Sven Davidson, Sam Manekshaw, Stanley Kamel, Freddie Hubbard, Boris Yefimov, and Robert Jonquet. After him are Galyani Vadhana, Lydia Shum, Grigory Romanov, Simon Hantaï, Jürgen Ehlers, and John Phillip Law.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Edwin Ernest Salpeter ranks 674 out of 1,424. Before him are Marc Girardelli (1963), Karin Kneissl (1965), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582), Alfons Maria Stickler (1910), Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), and Richard Oswald (1880). After him are Otto Erich Deutsch (1883), Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844), Franz Welser-Möst (1960), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Erik Schinegger (1948), and Valie Export (1940).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Austria

Among astronomers born in Austria, Edwin Ernest Salpeter ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Gold (1920). After him are Maurice Loewy (1833).

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