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Gérard de Vaucouleurs

1918 - 1995

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Gérard Henri de Vaucouleurs (25 April 1918 – 7 October 1995) was a French astronomer best known for his studies of galaxies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard de Vaucouleurs has received more than 44,983 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard de Vaucouleurs is the 373rd most popular astronomer (down from 317th in 2019), the 4,059th most popular biography from France (down from 3,517th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Astronomer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 373 out of 644. Before him are Alvan Graham Clark, Paul Götz, Ralph Copeland, James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, and Frank Watson Dyson. After him are Brian G. Marsden, Adrien Auzout, Tadeáš Hájek, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Chushiro Hayashi, and Johann von Lamont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 190. Before him are Mike Wallace, Alexander Galich, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Bill Vukovich, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, and Art Carney. After him are Hans Berglund, Gisela Arendt, Abdallah Ibrahim, Frane Matošić, Vladimir Dudintsev, and Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Among people deceased in 1995, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 192. Before him are Jack Clayton, Francesco Camusso, Shura Cherkassky, J. William Fulbright, Karl Gruber, and Ted Drake. After him are Katherine DeMille, Hermínio de Brito, V. J. Sukselainen, Laurindo Almeida, Rick Aviles, and Mary Wickes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 4,059 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Arland (1899), Bernard Panafieu (1931), René Panhard (1841), Émile Étienne Guimet (1836), Ernest Lavisse (1842), and Robert Marchand (1911). After him are André Wilms (1947), Dominique Lavanant (1944), Auguste de Montferrand (1786), Ernest Hébert (1817), Benoîte Groult (1920), and Adrien René Franchet (1834).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 37. Before him are Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Louis Boyer (1901), Georges Rayet (1839), Félix Tisserand (1845), and Hervé Faye (1814). After him are Adrien Auzout (1622), André Patry (1902), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), and Stéphane Javelle (1864).

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