ASTRONOMER
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
1875 - 1960
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (Russian: Гавриил Адрианович Тихов, 1 May 1875 – 25 January 1960) was a Soviet astronomer who was a pioneer in astrobiology and is considered to be the father of astrobotany. He worked as an observer at the Pulkovo Observatory from 1906 until 1941. After undertaking an expedition to Alma-Ata to observe the solar eclipse of September 21, 1941, he remained and became one of the founders of the Kamenskoe Plateau Observatory, the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, and the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. G. A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov has received more than 21,441 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov is the 518th most popular astronomer, the 179th most popular biography from Belarus and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Astronomer.
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 518 out of 644. Before him are Edwin Foster Coddington, Wilhelm Anderson, John Dobson, John Broughton, Hans-Emil Schuster, and Agnes Mary Clerke. After him are Minoru Honda, María Teresa Ruiz, John N. Bahcall, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Korado Korlević, and Okuro Oikawa.
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HPI: 45.17
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HPI: 45.15
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HPI: 45.12
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Hans-Emil Schuster
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Agnes Mary Clerke
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Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
1875 - 1960
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 518
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HPI: 44.52
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HPI: 44.48
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HPI: 44.44
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HPI: 44.44
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1875, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 181. Before him are Angeliki Panagiotatou, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Eddie Polo, Shaqe Çoba, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. After him are Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Émile Wegelin, Jean-Guy Gautier, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Charles Perrin, and Sigurður Eggerz. Among people deceased in 1960, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 207. Before him are John Rupert Firth, Julie Vinter Hansen, Dudley Nichols, Erik Lindahl, Aneurin Bevan, and Otto Nilsson. After him are Thalia Flora-Karavia, August Gailit, Alfred E. Green, Gustaf Lindblom, Giles Gilbert Scott, and Karl Gustafsson.
Others Born in 1875
Go to all RankingsAngeliki Panagiotatou
PHYSICIAN
1875 - 1954
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 175
Wilfred Hudson Osgood
BIOLOGIST
1875 - 1947
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 176
Andreas Michalakopoulos
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1938
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 177
Eddie Polo
ACTOR
1875 - 1961
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 178
Shaqe Çoba
WRITER
1875 - 1954
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 179
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
SCULPTOR
1875 - 1942
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 180
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
ASTRONOMER
1875 - 1960
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 181
Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1911
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 182
Émile Wegelin
ATHLETE
1875 - 1962
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 183
Jean-Guy Gautier
ATHLETE
1875 - 1938
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 184
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
COMPOSER
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 185
Charles Perrin
ATHLETE
1875 - 1954
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 186
Sigurður Eggerz
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1945
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 187
Others Deceased in 1960
Go to all RankingsJohn Rupert Firth
LINGUIST
1890 - 1960
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 201
Julie Vinter Hansen
ASTRONOMER
1890 - 1960
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 202
Dudley Nichols
FILM DIRECTOR
1895 - 1960
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 203
Erik Lindahl
ECONOMIST
1891 - 1960
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 204
Aneurin Bevan
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1960
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 205
Otto Nilsson
ATHLETE
1879 - 1960
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 206
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
ASTRONOMER
1875 - 1960
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 207
Thalia Flora-Karavia
PAINTER
1871 - 1960
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 208
August Gailit
WRITER
1891 - 1960
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 209
Alfred E. Green
FILM DIRECTOR
1889 - 1960
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 210
Gustaf Lindblom
ATHLETE
1891 - 1960
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 211
Giles Gilbert Scott
ARCHITECT
1880 - 1960
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 212
Karl Gustafsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1960
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 213
In Belarus
Among people born in Belarus, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 179 out of 368. Before him are Iosif Kheifits (1905), Wilhelm Anderson (1880), Aleksandr Dedyushko (1962), Andrey Melnichenko (1972), Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950), and Aryna Sabalenka (1998). After him are Leonard Chess (1917), Maja Berezowska (1893), Alyona Lanskaya (1985), Viktar Babaryka (1963), Valentina Stenina (1934), and Darya Domracheva (1986).
Others born in Belarus
Go to all RankingsIosif Kheifits
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1995
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 173
Wilhelm Anderson
ASTRONOMER
1880 - 1940
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 174
Aleksandr Dedyushko
ACTOR
1962 - 2007
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 175
Andrey Melnichenko
BUSINESSPERSON
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 176
Mikhail Myasnikovich
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 177
Aryna Sabalenka
TENNIS PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 178
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov
ASTRONOMER
1875 - 1960
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 179
Leonard Chess
BUSINESSPERSON
1917 - 1969
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 180
Maja Berezowska
PAINTER
1893 - 1978
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 181
Alyona Lanskaya
SINGER
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 182
Viktar Babaryka
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 183
Valentina Stenina
SKATER
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 184
Darya Domracheva
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 185
Among ASTRONOMERS In Belarus
Among astronomers born in Belarus, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 2. Before him are Wilhelm Anderson (1880).