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Forest Ray Moulton

1872 - 1952

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Forest Ray Moulton (April 29, 1872 – December 7, 1952) was an American astronomer. He was the brother of Harold G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Forest Ray Moulton has received more than 44,686 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Forest Ray Moulton is the 475th most popular astronomer (down from 370th in 2019), the 7,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,793rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 475 out of 644. Before him are Hiroshi Kaneda, Holger Thiele, Royal Harwood Frost, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, and Pelageya Shajn. After him are Heinrich Kreutz, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Audouin Dollfus, Carl A. Wirtanen, Arno Arthur Wachmann, and Hiroki Kosai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 162. Before him are Kristine Bonnevie, Max Beerbohm, Feliciano Viera, Maurice Larrouy, John Arthur Jarvis, and Nikolai Panin. After him are José María Orellana, Herbert Baddeley, Ivan Fomin, Julia Morgan, Jonas Vileišis, and Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano. Among people deceased in 1952, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 149. Before him are Sándor Pósta, Carlo Agostini, Henriette Roland Holst, Billy Hughes, László Berti, and Maryse Bastié. After him are Miina Sillanpää, Aleksandr Andronov, Jack Conway, Concepción Aleixandre, Francis Pegahmagabow, and Enrique Jardiel Poncela.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 7,722 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene Meyer (1875), Elliott Smith (1969), Loni Anderson (1945), Miriam Cooper (1891), Penny Johnson Jerald (1961), and Edward Binns (1916). After him are Bill Camp (1961), Chuck Cooper (1926), Margaret O'Brien (1937), Ken Starr (1946), Ted McGinley (1958), and Zoot Sims (1925).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 94. Before him are Michael E. Brown (1965), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Schelte J. Bus (1956), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), and Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898). After him are Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), William Wilson Morgan (1906), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), John N. Bahcall (1934), and Roy A. Tucker (1951).

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