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George Herbig

1920 - 2013

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George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 – October 12, 2013) was an American astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Herbig has received more than 33,107 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Herbig is the 422nd most popular astronomer (down from 380th in 2019), the 6,792nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,806th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Herbig ranks 422 out of 531. Before him are Alenush Terian, Joel Stebbins, Herbert Hall Turner, Benjamin Jekhowsky, William Wilson Morgan, and Audouin Dollfus. After him are George Henry Peters, Edwin Foster Coddington, Albert George Wilson, Robert Julius Trumpler, James L. Elliot, and Cleveland Abbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Herbig ranks 300. Before him are Irving Kristol, Eugênio Sales, Gesualdo Bufalino, Fyodor Abramov, Sverre Farstad, and Franca Valeri. After him are Reginald Rose, Marie Ljalková, Katsuko Saruhashi, Jean Marcel Honoré, Enzo Biagi, and Zeno Colò. Among people deceased in 2013, George Herbig ranks 311. Before him are Moses Blah, Ole Ernst, Steve Forrest, George Jones, Tom Krause, and Phil Ramone. After him are C. Gordon Fullerton, Imants Ziedonis, Giovanni Cheli, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Jean Marcel Honoré, and Max Jakobson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Herbig ranks 6,792 out of 18,182. Before him are Johnny Mathis (1935), David Selby (1941), Kane Hodder (1955), Dan Hartman (1950), Khandi Alexander (1957), and Jacqueline Logan (1904). After him are Frank Silva (1950), Dominique Dunne (1959), Lea Michele (1986), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Polly Holliday (1937), and John Fiedler (1925).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George Herbig ranks 83. Before him are Henry L. Giclas (1910), Michael E. Brown (1965), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Joel Stebbins (1878), and William Wilson Morgan (1906). After him are Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), Albert George Wilson (1918), James L. Elliot (1943), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Schelte J. Bus (1956), and James Gunn (1938).

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