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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 77,960 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Fred Lawrence Whipple is the 260th most popular astronomer (down from 246th in 2019), the 3,781st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,794th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 260 out of 644. Before him are Klim Churyumov, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Sandra Faber, George Ellery Hale, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, and Nevil Maskelyne. After him are Maria Clara Eimmart, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Josep Comas i Solà, Otto Struve, Seth Carlo Chandler, and André-Louis Danjon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 164. Before him are Tribhuvan of Nepal, Francisco Ayala, Marian Spychalski, Eddie Albert, Jean Leray, and Raymond Sommer. After him are Aileen Riggin, Anšlavs Eglītis, José Della Torre, James Quinn, Olena Teliha, and Fazıl Küçük. Among people deceased in 2004, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 129. Before him are Joe Viterelli, Lucia Berlin, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Jesús Gil, Antonio Gades, and Takeshi Kamo. After him are Jozef Lenárt, Maxime Rodinson, Orvar Bergmark, James Quinn, Ota Šik, and Tiziano Terzani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 3,781 out of 20,380. Before him are Black Hawk (1767), Jim Rohn (1930), Eric Singer (1958), Edna Parker (1893), Gladys Knight (1944), and Dean Jones (1931). After him are Milton Glaser (1929), Nikki Haley (1972), Gordon Gould (1920), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Isiah Thomas (1961), and Harriet Lane (1830).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Fred Lawrence Whipple ranks 46. Before him are Vesto Slipher (1875), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Sandra Faber (1944), George Ellery Hale (1868), and Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816). After him are Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), William Cranch Bond (1789), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Halton Arp (1927), Allan Sandage (1926), and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837).

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