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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 235,614 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). George Ellery Hale is the 226th most popular astronomer (down from 220th in 2019), the 3,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,297th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Ellery Hale ranks 226 out of 531. Before him are Heber Doust Curtis, James Ferguson, Antonín Mrkos, Walter Lewin, Tamara Smirnova, and Milton L. Humason. After him are Nancy Roman, Thomas Gold, John Michell, Agrippa, Henri Debehogne, and Eleanor F. Helin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, George Ellery Hale ranks 95. Before him are Keisuke Okada, Marie Dressler, Edgar Lee Masters, Alfred Fowler, Arturo Alessandri, and Carl Brockelmann. After him are Oskar Merikanto, Cai Yuanpei, Mihailo Petrović, Lauri Ingman, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, and George Arliss. Among people deceased in 1938, George Ellery Hale ranks 100. Before him are William Wallace Campbell, Ahn Changho, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Prince Arthur of Connaught, E. C. Segar, and Kazimierz Twardowski. After him are Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Ernest William Brown, John Flanagan, Ramón Franco, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, and Otto Warburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Ellery Hale ranks 3,394 out of 18,182. Before him are Dermot Mulroney (1963), Laurens Hammond (1895), Marcian Hoff (1937), Joe Walsh (1947), Ruth Handler (1916), and James Taylor (1948). After him are Jon Cryer (1965), Carla Bley (1936), Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), Dan Gurney (1931), and Lynne Cheney (1941).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George Ellery Hale ranks 41. Before him are Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), William Wallace Campbell (1862), James W. Christy (1938), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), and Milton L. Humason (1891). After him are Nancy Roman (1925), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Halton Arp (1927), James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), and William Cranch Bond (1789).

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