1845 - 1912
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 176,905 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. George Darwin is the 69th most popular astronomer (down from 59th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 636th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Astronomer.
Darwin is most famous for his theory of evolution.
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Among astronomers, George Darwin ranks 69 out of 532. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Girolamo Fracastoro, Pierre Janssen, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Stephen Gray, and John Flamsteed. After him are Petrus Plancius, Sosigenes of Alexandria, Johann Franz Encke, Jacques Cassini, Lewis A. Swift, and Ejnar Hertzsprung.
1868 - 1921
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 63
1476 - 1553
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 64
1824 - 1907
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 65
1692 - 1761
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 66
1666 - 1736
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 67
1646 - 1719
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 68
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 69
1552 - 1622
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 70
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 71
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 72
1677 - 1756
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 73
1820 - 1913
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 74
1873 - 1967
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 75
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 Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After him are Ion Ivanovici, Laura Marx, Gustaf de Laval, Mary Ann Nichols, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, and José Maria de Eça de Queirós. Among people deceased in 1912, George Darwin ranks 24. Before him are Benjamin Guggenheim, John Jacob Astor IV, Osborne Reynolds, Auguste Beernaert, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. After him are Henry Tingle Wilde, James Paul Moody, Franz Reichelt, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, W. T. Stead, and Bolesław Prus.
1845 - 1921
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 12
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 13
1845 - 1926
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 14
1845 - 1934
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 15
1845 - 1918
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 16
1845 - 1912
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 17
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 18
1845 - 1902
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 19
1845 - 1911
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 20
1845 - 1913
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 21
1845 - 1888
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 22
1845 - 1929
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 23
1845 - 1900
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 24
1865 - 1912
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 18
1864 - 1912
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 19
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 20
1829 - 1912
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 21
1845 - 1912
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 22
1821 - 1912
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 23
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 24
1872 - 1912
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 25
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 26
1879 - 1912
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 27
1838 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 28
1849 - 1912
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 29
1847 - 1912
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 30
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 722 out of 6,924. Before him are Stephen Gray (1666), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), Joseph Swan (1828), John Flamsteed (1646), John Gurdon (1933), and William Jones (1746). After him are Bobby Moore (1941), Rex Harrison (1908), David J. Thouless (1934), Julian Barnes (1946), David Harvey (1935), and Robert Graves (1895).
1666 - 1736
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 716
1919 - 2004
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 717
1828 - 1914
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 718
1646 - 1719
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 719
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 720
1746 - 1794
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 721
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 722
1941 - 1993
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 723
1908 - 1990
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 724
1934 - 2019
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 725
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 726
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 727
1895 - 1985
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 728
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 12. Before him are James Bradley (1693), William Lassell (1799), Martin Ryle (1918), Antony Hewish (1924), Stephen Gray (1666), and John Flamsteed (1646). After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), George Biddell Airy (1801), William Huggins (1824), Margaret Burbidge (1919), John Russell Hind (1823), and Adelard of Bath (1075).
1693 - 1762
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 6
1799 - 1880
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 7
1918 - 1984
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 8
1924 - Present
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 9
1666 - 1736
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 10
1646 - 1719
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 11
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 12
1900 - 1979
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 13
1801 - 1892
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 14
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 15
1919 - 2020
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 16
1823 - 1895
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 17
1075 - 1160
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 18