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Francis Preserved Leavenworth

1858 - 1928

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Francis Preserved Leavenworth (September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana – November 12, 1928; a.k.a. Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer. He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Preserved Leavenworth has received more than 8,219 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Francis Preserved Leavenworth is the 218th most popular astronomer (down from 184th in 2019), the 3,025th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,814th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 218 out of 644. Before him are David Gill, James Craig Watson, Erasmus Reinhold, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Antonio de Ulloa, and Rudolf Wolf. After him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher, John Bevis, Sergey Belyavsky, Benjamin Baillaud, Johannes Fabricius, and Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 65. Before him are Gustaf Kossinna, Ye Wanyong, Maximilien Luce, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Archibald Gracie IV, and Jenő Hubay. After him are Emma Calvé, Medardo Rosso, E. Nesbit, John A. Hobson, P. J. Kennedy, and Bipin Chandra Pal. Among people deceased in 1928, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 51. Before him are Eglantyne Jebb, Adolphe Appia, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Otto Nordenskjöld, Mauritz Stiller, and Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Medardo Rosso, Larry Semon, Hermann Sudermann, Robert Lansing, Emil Wiechert, and Frank Dicksee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 3,025 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Lester (1932), Dana Delany (1956), Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), John Paul Getty III (1956), and The Miz (1980). After him are Kate Millett (1934), Robert W. Wood (1868), Frank Wolff (1928), George Mason (1725), Bobby Kimball (1947), and Gutzon Borglum (1867).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 37. Before him are J. Allen Hynek (1910), William Henry Pickering (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), and Milton L. Humason (1891). After him are George William Hill (1838), Nancy Roman (1925), Vesto Slipher (1875), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Sandra Faber (1944).

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