ASTRONOMER

George Darwin

1845 - 1912

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Sir George Howard Darwin, (9 July 1845 – 7 December 1912) was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Darwin has received more than 271,856 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). George Darwin is the 79th most popular astronomer (down from 68th in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 757th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Astronomer.

Darwin is most famous for his theory of evolution.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Darwins by language

Over the past year George Darwin has had the most page views in the with 30,457 views, followed by Spanish (13,304), and Chinese (4,497). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (128.57%), Simple English (62.56%), and Kazakh (58.53%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Darwin ranks 79 out of 644. Before him are Antonio Abetti, James Bradley, Walter Baade, Fritz Zwicky, Stephen Gray, and David Fabricius. After him are Russell Alan Hulse, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Percival Lowell, Lewis A. Swift, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Giovanni Battista Riccioli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, George Darwin ranks 18. Before him are Ludwig III of Bavaria, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Nikola Pašić, Edmond James de Rothschild, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ion Ivanovici. After him are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Gustaf de Laval, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Franz Ehrle, Jacint Verdaguer, and Laura Marx. Among people deceased in 1912, George Darwin ranks 22. Before him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Benjamin Guggenheim, William McMaster Murdoch, Johann Martin Schleyer, James Paul Moody, and Nettie Stevens. After him are Franz Reichelt, Nogi Maresuke, Osborne Reynolds, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Bolesław Prus, and John Jacob Astor IV.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 716 out of 8,785. Before him are John Gurdon (1933), Offa of Mercia (800), John Franklin (1786), John Cale (1942), James Macpherson (1736), and John Paul Jones (1946). After him are William Byrd (1543), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Charles Vane (1680), Matt Busby (1909), and William Tyndale (1494).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 11. Before him are Fred Hoyle (1915), William Lassell (1799), Antony Hewish (1924), John Flamsteed (1646), James Bradley (1693), and Stephen Gray (1666). After him are Adelard of Bath (1075), William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), James Dunlop (1793), and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900).

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