ASTRONOMER

George Van Biesbroeck

1880 - 1974

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George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck, , January 21, 1880 – February 23, 1974) was a Belgian–American astronomer. He worked at observatories in Belgium, Germany and the United States. He specialized in the observation of double stars, asteroids and comets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Van Biesbroeck has received more than 21,661 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Van Biesbroeck is the 434th most popular astronomer (down from 353rd in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 501st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Van Biesbroecks by language

Over the past year George Van Biesbroeck has had the most page views in the with 2,495 views, followed by Russian (720), and Luxembourgish (644). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (123.59%), Turkish (93.26%), and Luxembourgish (59.41%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 434 out of 644. Before him are Joel Stebbins, Johann Gottfried Köhler, Fernand Courty, Milorad B. Protić, Benjamin Jekhowsky, and Cuno Hoffmeister. After him are George Herbig, William Frederick Denning, Dilhan Eryurt, Odette Bancilhon, Jill Tarter, and Gottfried Kirch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 165. Before him are Frederick Lane, Dorothea Köring, Carl Skottsberg, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Joe May. After him are Walter Brack, Nils Widforss, Harold Rainsford Stark, Yordan Yovkov, Dezső Földes, and Una O'Connor. Among people deceased in 1974, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 176. Before him are Francis Blanche, Franz Wagner, Jacqueline Susann, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, and Edward Platt. After him are Fernand de Montigny, Théodore Nouwens, Eduardo Santos, María Martínez Sierra, Nurul Amin, and Betty Compson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 625 out of 1,190. Before him are Edgard Colle (1897), Théo Lefèvre (1914), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Matthias Schoenaerts (1977), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930). After him are Fernand de Montigny (1885), Théodore Nouwens (1908), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Thomas Meunier (1991), and Johan De Muynck (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 9. Before him are Petrus Plancius (1552), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), and Marcel Minnaert (1893).

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