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George O. Abell

1927 - 1983

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George Ogden Abell (March 27, 1927 – October 7, 1983) was an American educator. Teaching at UCLA, priorly he worked as a research astronomer, administrator, as a popularizer of science and of education, and as a skeptic. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from the California Institute of Technology. He was a Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George O. Abell has received more than 60,734 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). George O. Abell is the 439th most popular astronomer (down from 430th in 2019), the 7,168th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,875th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George O. Abell ranks 439 out of 531. Before him are Pelageya Shajn, Edward Pigott, James Gunn, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, and Paris Pişmiş. After him are William Rutter Dawes, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Henry Smyth, John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, and Agnes Mary Clerke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, George O. Abell ranks 319. Before him are McLean Stevenson, Zdravko Rajkov, Maurice Lafont, Eliseo Mouriño, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, and Thadée Cisowski. After him are Giovanni Arpino, Tihomir Ognjanov, José Azcona del Hoyo, Werner Haas, Peter Mark Richman, and Tina Anselmi. Among people deceased in 1983, George O. Abell ranks 183. Before him are Nikolaus Pevsner, Jaime Lazcano, Anton Buttigieg, José Bergamín, George Hodgson, and Buster Crabbe. After him are Nils Engdahl, Pentti Saarikoski, Earl Tupper, Christopher George, Adalberts Bubenko, and Marguerite Broquedis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George O. Abell ranks 7,168 out of 18,182. Before him are Grant Heslov (1963), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Ruth Roman (1922), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), and Jean Stapleton (1923). After him are Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Mare Winningham (1959), James Brady (1940), Dennis Muren (1946), Steve Lacy (1934), and Isabel Sanford (1917).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George O. Abell ranks 90. Before 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). After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), and David Todd Wilkinson (1935).

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