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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Van Biesbroeck is the 353rd most popular astronomer (up from 365th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 353 out of 531Before him are Joseph Helffrich, Elia Millosevich, Hugo Gyldén, David Rittenhouse, Sandra Faber, and Brian G. Marsden. After him are Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 135Before him are Mikheil Javakhishvili, Lawrence Oates, Margit Kaffka, Lajos Bíró, Jesse L. Lasky, and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. After him are Oswald Veblen, Kullervo Manner, Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Conrad Albrecht. Among people deceased in 1974, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 144Before him are Fritz Szepan, Harry Partch, Adolph Gottlieb, Lily Kronberger, Françoise Rosay, and Edward Platt. After him are Alfred Keller, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Cora Sandel, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, and Élie Lescot.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 502 out of 1,019Before him are Henri Jaspar (1870), Jacques Moeschal (1900), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Ivo Van Damme (1954), Edward Van Dijck (1918), and Jan Vertonghen (1987). After him are Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), Edgard Colle (1897), François Van der Elst (1954), and Koen Lenaerts (1954).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 8Before him are Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Petrus Plancius (1552), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), and Philippe van Lansberge (1561). After him are Marcel Minnaert (1893).