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Fred Lawrence Whipple

1906 - 2004

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Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Lawrence Whipple has received more than 70,585 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Lawrence Whipple is the 246th most popular astronomer (down from 208th in 2019), the 3,804th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,072nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 246 out of 531. Before him are Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, Cleostratus, Freimut Börngen, Nevil Maskelyne, and Josep Comas i Solà. After him are William Cranch Bond, Seth Carlo Chandler, Hubert Reeves, Paul Wild, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, and Oenopides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 159. Before him are Zinka Milanov, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Olena Teliha, Harry Hammond Hess, Raymond Sommer, and Artur Lundkvist. After him are H. C. Hansen, Yakov Malik, Endre Kabos, Paul Sacher, Ulanhu, and Jean Leray. Among people deceased in 2004, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 122. Before him are Ann Miller, Jesús Gil, Werner Goldberg, Takeshi Kamo, Philip Arthur Fisher, and Franz König. After him are Helmut Griem, Elvin Jones, Juan Zambudio Velasco, Janet Frame, Antonio Gades, and Miklós Fehér.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 3,804 out of 18,182. Before him are Brett Cullen (1956), Rosalind Russell (1907), James Samuel Coleman (1926), Anne Applebaum (1964), George McGovern (1922), and Caspar Weinberger (1917). After him are Jack Klugman (1922), Frances Cleveland (1864), Hank Azaria (1964), Bruce Cabot (1904), Bob Iger (1951), and David White (1916).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 46. Before him are Milton L. Humason (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Nancy Roman (1925), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Halton Arp (1927), and James Edward Keeler (1857). After him are William Cranch Bond (1789), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Charles T. Kowal (1940), and Antonia Maury (1866).

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