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 59,155 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George William Hill is the 180th most popular astronomer (up from 184th in 2019), the 2,801st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,477th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, George William Hill ranks 180 out of 532. Before him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Antonio de Ulloa, Heber Doust Curtis, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and James Craig Watson. After him are James W. Christy, Andrew Graham, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Nevil Maskelyne, Walter Lewin, and Oskar Backlund.
1658 - 1730
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 174
1716 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 175
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 176
1794 - 1874
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 177
1928 - 1997
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 178
1838 - 1880
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 179
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 180
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 181
1815 - 1908
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 182
1858 - 1928
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 183
1732 - 1811
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 184
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 185
1846 - 1916
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1838, George William Hill ranks 46. Before him are John Muir, Konstanty Kalinowski, Henry Sidgwick, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Jean-Paul Laurens, and James Craig Watson. After him are Nicolae Grigorescu, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Annie Edson Taylor, Szymon Winawer, Paolo Boselli, and August Šenoa. Among people deceased in 1914, George William Hill ranks 48. Before him are Charles Martin Hall, Julio Argentino Roca, John Muir, Stevan Mokranjac, Ödön Lechner, and Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Ivan Zajc, Frederick Lorz, Paul Héroult, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Albert Günther, and Albéric Magnard.
1838 - 1914
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 40
1838 - 1864
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 41
1838 - 1900
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 42
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 43
1838 - 1921
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 44
1838 - 1880
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 45
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 46
1838 - 1907
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 47
1838 - 1906
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 48
1838 - 1921
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 49
1838 - 1919
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 50
1838 - 1932
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 51
1838 - 1881
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 52
1863 - 1914
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 42
1843 - 1914
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 43
1838 - 1914
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 44
1856 - 1914
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 45
1845 - 1914
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 46
1861 - 1914
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 47
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 48
1832 - 1914
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 49
1884 - 1914
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 50
1863 - 1914
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 51
1836 - 1914
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 52
1830 - 1914
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 53
1865 - 1914
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 54
Among people born in United States, George William Hill ranks 2,801 out of 15,968. Before him are Robert Rossen (1908), Irving Thalberg (1899), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Derrick Rose (1988), and Mangas Coloradas (1792). After him are Mary Wickes (1910), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Cameron Mitchell (1918), Michael Jai White (1967), Martha Chase (1927), and Ned Beatty (1937).
1908 - 1966
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,795
1899 - 1936
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,796
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,797
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,798
1988 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,799
1792 - 1863
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,800
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,801
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,802
1914 - 1997
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,803
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,804
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,805
1927 - 2003
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,806
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,807
Among astronomers born in United States, George William Hill ranks 31. Before him are William Henry Pickering (1858), Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), and Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928). After him are James W. Christy (1938), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Milton L. Humason (1891), Michael H. Hart (1932), and Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866).
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 25
1837 - 1882
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 26
1825 - 1865
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 27
1864 - 1951
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 28
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 29
1928 - 1997
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 30
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 31
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 32
1858 - 1928
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 33
1932 - 2009
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 34
1891 - 1972
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 35
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 36
1866 - 1925
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 37