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George Ellery Hale

1868 - 1938

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George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes; namely, the 40-inch refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory, 60-inch Hale reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, 100-inch Hooker reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson, and the 200-inch Hale reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Ellery Hale has received more than 253,105 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). George Ellery Hale is the 257th most popular astronomer (down from 226th in 2019), the 3,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,386th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Ellery Hale ranks 257 out of 644. Before him are Bengt Strömgren, Charles Wolf, Laurent Cassegrain, Klim Churyumov, Joel Hastings Metcalf, and Sandra Faber. After him are Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Nevil Maskelyne, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria Clara Eimmart, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, and Josep Comas i Solà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, George Ellery Hale ranks 109. Before him are Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Mihailo Petrović, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Infanta Blanca of Spain, Patriarch Miron of Romania, and James Connolly. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Hugo Eckener, Vydūnas, Cuno Amiet, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, and René de Saussure. Among people deceased in 1938, George Ellery Hale ranks 117. Before him are Rudolf Stammler, Saken Seifullin, Ramón Franco, Maurice Emmanuel, Ahn Changho, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. After him are Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Lampião, Juho Vennola, Tang Shaoyi, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, and Paolo Troubetzkoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Ellery Hale ranks 3,729 out of 20,380. Before him are Leo Ryan (1925), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), Anna Gunn (1968), Vincent Gigante (1928), Doyle Brunson (1933), and Frederick Wiseman (1930). After him are L. L. Langstroth (1810), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Dan Sullivan (1964), Budd Boetticher (1916), and Roy E. Disney (1930).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George Ellery Hale ranks 44. Before him are George William Hill (1838), Nancy Roman (1925), Vesto Slipher (1875), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Sandra Faber (1944). After him are Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), William Cranch Bond (1789), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), and Halton Arp (1927).

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