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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 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George Darwin is the 68th most popular astronomer (up from 69th in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 721st in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Astronomer.

Darwin is most famous for his theory of evolution.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Darwin ranks 68 out of 531Before him are Percival Lowell, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Sosigenes of Alexandria, Gerard Kuiper, Riccardo Giacconi, and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. After him are Albert Marth, William Lassell, Victor Ambartsumian, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Max Wolf, and Russell Alan Hulse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, George Darwin ranks 17Before him are Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Edmond James de Rothschild, and Nikola Pašić. After him are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ion Ivanovici, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Gustaf de Laval, Princess Sophie of Saxony, and José Maria de Eça de Queirós. Among people deceased in 1912, George Darwin ranks 23Before him are Auguste Beernaert, John Jacob Astor IV, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Franz Reichelt, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Benjamin Guggenheim. After him are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Osborne Reynolds, James Paul Moody, Henry Tingle Wilde, Nettie Stevens, and Nogi Maresuke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 757 out of 7,765Before him are John Frederic Daniell (1790), Boris Karloff (1887), Lewis Hamilton (1985), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), John Balliol (1249), and Terence Stamp (1938). After him are Amy Winehouse (1983), John Fowles (1926), David Coverdale (1951), Ronald Fisher (1890), Philip Sclater (1829), and Mungo Park (1771).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, George Darwin ranks 8Before him are Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Fred Hoyle (1915), Arthur Eddington (1882), James Bradley (1693), John Flamsteed (1646), and Martin Ryle (1918). After him are William Lassell (1799), Stephen Gray (1666), Antony Hewish (1924), William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), and George Biddell Airy (1801).