ASTRONOMER

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 32,787 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). George Herbig is the 435th most popular astronomer (down from 422nd in 2019), the 6,655th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,778th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

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  • 48.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Herbigs by language

Over the past year George Herbig has had the most page views in the with 3,387 views, followed by Chinese (2,607), and Spanish (711). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (357.33%), Egyptian Arabic (188.70%), and Luxembourgish (50.57%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Herbig ranks 435 out of 644Before him are Johann Gottfried Köhler, Fernand Courty, Milorad B. Protić, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Cuno Hoffmeister, and George Van Biesbroeck. After him are William Frederick Denning, Dilhan Eryurt, Odette Bancilhon, Jill Tarter, Gottfried Kirch, and Warren De la Rue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Herbig ranks 305Before him are George London, Fyodor Abramov, William Tenn, Maxi Herber, Ruth Maier, and Richard Bong. After him are Bai Yang, Roy Jenkins, Mary Boyce, Irving Kristol, Raisa Aronova, and William Colby. Among people deceased in 2013, George Herbig ranks 316Before him are Pyotr Todorovsky, David Landes, Zlatko Papec, George Jones, Jan Zwartkruis, and Antonio Puchades. After him are Eydie Gormé, Boris Vasilyev, Allal Benkassou, Imants Ziedonis, Bert Stern, and Józef Kowalski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Herbig ranks 6,655 out of 20,380Before him are Lyle Lovett (1957), Fred Agabashian (1913), Jenna Fischer (1974), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Edward Lindberg (1886), and Mississippi John Hurt (1892). After him are Todd Haynes (1961), Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Hal Connolly (1931), and Brock Peters (1927).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George Herbig ranks 79Before him are George O. Abell (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Harold D. Babcock (1882), and Joel Stebbins (1878). After him are Jill Tarter (1944), Brian Schmidt (1967), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Benjamin Banneker (1731), and Charles W. Juels (1944).