1838 - 1914
George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to celestial mechanics and to the theory of ordinary differential equations. The importance of his work was explicitly acknowledged by Henri Poincaré in 1905. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George William Hill has received more than 73,857 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). George William Hill is the 165th most popular astronomer (up from 180th in 2019), the 2,536th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,800th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, George William Hill ranks 165 out of 531. Before him are Vesto Slipher, Andreas Cellarius, N. R. Pogson, Henry Draper, Cleomedes, and Antonio Abetti. After him are Wilhelm Beer, Margaret Burbidge, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Michael H. Hart, and Auguste Charlois.
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 159
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 160
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 161
1837 - 1882
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 162
110 - 1
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 163
1846 - 1928
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 164
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 165
1797 - 1850
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 166
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 167
1610 - 1664
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 168
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 169
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 170
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 171
Among people born in 1838, George William Hill ranks 38. Before him are Jules Brunet, Gustav von Schmoller, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Fredrik Idestam, and Vatroslav Jagić. After him are Clemens Winkler, John Muir, Annie Edson Taylor, Jean-Paul Laurens, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, and Nicolae Grigorescu. Among people deceased in 1914, George William Hill ranks 43. Before him are Jurji Zaydan, Charles Martin Hall, Julio Argentino Roca, Theodor Lipps, Louis Couturat, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. After him are John Muir, Ödön Lechner, John Henry Poynting, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Paul Héroult, and Stevan Mokranjac.
1838 - 1911
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 32
1838 - 1917
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 33
1838 - 1909
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 34
1838 - 1892
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 35
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 36
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 37
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 38
1838 - 1904
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 39
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 40
1838 - 1921
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 41
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 42
1838 - 1917
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 43
1838 - 1907
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 44
1861 - 1914
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 37
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1843 - 1914
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 39
1851 - 1914
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 40
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 41
1827 - 1914
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 42
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 43
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 44
1845 - 1914
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 45
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 46
1861 - 1914
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 47
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 48
1856 - 1914
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 49
Among people born in United States, George William Hill ranks 2,536 out of 18,182. Before him are Edwin H. Land (1909), Jason Newsted (1963), Jerry Fodor (1935), Lizzie Borden (1860), Katie Holmes (1978), and Beverly D'Angelo (1951). After him are Martin Chalfie (1947), Katharine Ross (1940), Eleanor Parker (1922), Irving Baxter (1876), Lana Del Rey (1985), and Bill Nunn (1953).
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 2,530
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 2,531
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 2,532
1860 - 1927
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 2,533
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 2,534
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2,535
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2,536
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,537
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,538
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,539
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,540
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,541
1953 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,542
Among astronomers born in United States, George William Hill ranks 29. Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), Maria Mitchell (1818), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), George Phillips Bond (1825), Vesto Slipher (1875), and Henry Draper (1837). After him are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Michael H. Hart (1932), William Henry Pickering (1858), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), and Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866).
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 24
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 25
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 26
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 27
1837 - 1882
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 28
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 29
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 30
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 31
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 32
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 33
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 34
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 35