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Geoffrey Burbidge

1925 - 2010

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Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (24 September 1925 – 26 January 2010) was an English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Burbidge has received more than 71,439 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Burbidge is the 459th most popular astronomer (down from 393rd in 2019), the 3,778th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,320th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 459 out of 644. Before him are Frank Schlesinger, Alexandre Schaumasse, Carolyn Porco, Alfred Schmitt, Michael E. Brown, and David Todd Wilkinson. After him are Guillermo Haro, Tsutomu Seki, Vincenzo Cerulli, Luciano Tesi, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and Stephen P. Synnott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 375. Before him are Alfred Kelbassa, Curt Lowens, Fernando Birri, Lucien Carr, Duane Hanson, and Álvaro Magaña. After him are Raimondo D'Inzeo, Anne V. Coates, Guru Dutt, Darry Cowl, Steve Forrest, and Bruce Kirby. Among people deceased in 2010, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 294. Before him are Werner Krämer, Federico Vairo, Nino Defilippis, Pedro Dellacha, Luigi Padovese, and Philippe Séguin. After him are Kathryn Grayson, Takeshi Shudo, Raúl Belén, Eino Tamberg, Edoardo Sanguineti, and Walter Rudin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 3,778 out of 8,785. Before him are George Borrow (1803), Vivian Woodward (1879), Linda Martin (1952), John Grierson (1898), Godfrey Rampling (1909), and Martin Gilbert (1936). After him are Alan Clark (1952), John Peckham (1227), Ron Moody (1924), Anthony Collins (1676), Henry Baker (1698), and Bob Evans (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 55. Before him are Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), William Frederick Denning (1848), and Edward Pigott (1753). After him are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), William Henry Smyth (1788), Patrick Moore (1923), David C. Jewitt (1958), James Challis (1803), and William Christie (1845).

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