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Edwin Foster Coddington

1870 - 1950

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Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870 – December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer and discoverer of astronomical objects.He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Foster Coddington has received more than 14,072 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Foster Coddington is the 424th most popular astronomer (down from 407th in 2019), the 6,874th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,416th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 424 out of 531Before him are Herbert Hall Turner, Benjamin Jekhowsky, William Wilson Morgan, Audouin Dollfus, George Herbig, and George Henry Peters. After him are Albert George Wilson, Robert Julius Trumpler, James L. Elliot, Cleveland Abbe, Alfred Bohrmann, and Ralph Copeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 123Before him are Victor Borisov-Musatov, José María Moncada, Jüri Jaakson, Frank Norris, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, and Charles Bennett. After him are Marcus Loew, Major Ritchie, Hermann Harms, Herbert Ponting, George Eyser, and Lilian Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1950, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 142Before him are Antonina Nezhdanova, Pedro Parages, Bainbridge Colby, Arthur L. Newton, Alice Kober, and Charles Bennett. After him are Alexandros Diomidis, Louis Wilkins, Tommaso Costantino, Dezső Földes, Karel Koželuh, and Francisco Villota.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 6,874 out of 18,182Before him are Michael Lerner (1941), John Carmack (1970), Janis Ian (1951), Sid Caesar (1922), Shawn Crahan (1969), and Anna Katharine Green (1846). After him are James J. Jeffries (1875), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Richard Simmons (1948), John Russell (1921), Ken Starr (1946), and Bill Johnston (1894).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edwin Foster Coddington ranks 84Before him are Michael E. Brown (1965), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), and George Herbig (1920). After him are Albert George Wilson (1918), James L. Elliot (1943), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Schelte J. Bus (1956), James Gunn (1938), and George O. Abell (1927).