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Harlow Shapley

1885 - 1972

Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952), and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal.Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Sun's position within it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harlow Shapley has received more than 404,737 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Harlow Shapley is the 131st most popular astronomer (down from 124th in 2019), the 2,001st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,773rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Astronomer.

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400k
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57.29
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
43
Languages Editions (L)
6.32
Effective Languages (L*)
3.70
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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Harlow Shapley ranks 131 out of 531. Before him are Maslama al-Majriti, Nikolai Chernykh, Johann Daniel Titius, John Russell Hind, Robert Luther, and Annibale de Gasparis. After him are Walter Sydney Adams, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Seleucus of Seleucia, Johann Franz Encke, John Louis Emil Dreyer, and Alphonse Borrelly.

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Maslama al-Majriti
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 125
Nikolai Chernykh
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 126
Johann Daniel Titius
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 127
John Russell Hind
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
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Robert Luther
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
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Annibale de Gasparis
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 130
Harlow Shapley
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 131
Walter Sydney Adams
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 132
Maria Margaretha Kirch
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 133
Seleucus of Seleucia
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HPI: 57.10
Rank: 134
Johann Franz Encke
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
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John Louis Emil Dreyer
1852 - 1926
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 136
Alphonse Borrelly
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 137

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Harlow Shapley ranks 66. Before him are Bess Truman, Theda Bara, Dorando Pietri, Viktor Schauberger, Sisavang Vong, and Agustín Barrios. After him are Khải Định, Frank Jack Fletcher, Soemu Toyoda, Egon Kisch, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1972, Harlow Shapley ranks 55. Before him are Martiros Saryan, Josep Samitier, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Ghassan Kanafani, and Eugène Tisserant. After him are Matvei Zakharov, Stephen Timoshenko, Lester B. Pearson, Watchman Nee, Prescott Bush, and Jules Romains.

Others Born in 1885

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Bess Truman
1885 - 1982
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 60
Theda Bara
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 61
Dorando Pietri
1885 - 1942
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
Viktor Schauberger
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 63
Sisavang Vong
1885 - 1959
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 64
Agustín Barrios
1885 - 1944
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 65
Harlow Shapley
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 66
Khải Định
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 67
Frank Jack Fletcher
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 68
Soemu Toyoda
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 69
Egon Kisch
1885 - 1948
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 71
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 72