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Frank Elmore Ross

1874 - 1960

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Frank Elmore Ross (April 2, 1874 – September 21, 1960) was an American astronomer and physicist. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Altadena, California. In 1901 he received his doctorate from the University of California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Elmore Ross has received more than 20,760 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Elmore Ross is the 405th most popular astronomer (down from 376th in 2019), the 6,212th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,909th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Frank Elmore Ross ranks 405 out of 644. Before him are Vladimir Kotelnikov, Paris Pişmiş, Richard Schorr, Harry Edwin Wood, Paul W. Merrill, and Lyudmila Karachkina. After him are Ludwig Biermann, Elizabeth Roemer, Otto Heckmann, Hugo Gyldén, Grigory Shajn, and Harold Spencer Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Frank Elmore Ross ranks 172. Before him are Dmitry Gulia, Amy Lowell, Auguste Giroux, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Launceston Elliot, and Eugène Balme. After him are Edward Marsh, Bill Holland, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Hjalmar Johansson, and François Brandt. Among people deceased in 1960, Frank Elmore Ross ranks 150. Before him are Fred Buscaglione, Dmitry Gulia, Lottie Dod, Eduard Čech, The Great Gama, and Willem Elsschot. After him are Hasan Saka, Joseph Wendel, Pedro Arispe, Harold Spencer Jones, Agnes Arber, and Leonard Warren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Elmore Ross ranks 6,212 out of 20,380. Before him are Bebe Daniels (1901), Camille Paglia (1947), Playboi Carti (1996), Alf Landon (1887), Charles Kittel (1916), and Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949). After him are Henry Lee III (1756), Jimmy Reed (1925), Dana White (1969), Tiny Sandford (1894), Jamie Gillis (1943), and Bellamy Young (1970).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Frank Elmore Ross ranks 75. Before him are James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Henry E. Holt (1929), James L. Elliot (1943), George O. Abell (1927), and Paul W. Merrill (1887). After him are Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Joel Stebbins (1878), George Herbig (1920), Jill Tarter (1944), and Brian Schmidt (1967).

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