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Harold D. Babcock

1882 - 1968

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Harold Delos Babcock (January 24, 1882 – April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer and the father of Horace W. Babcock. He was of English and German ancestry. He was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin, before completing high school in Los Angeles and was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley in 1901. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold D. Babcock has received more than 22,972 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Harold D. Babcock is the 450th most popular astronomer (down from 423rd in 2019), the 7,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,673rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Harold D. Babcock ranks 450 out of 531. Before him are Beatrice Tinsley, Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Michel Giacobini, and Patrick Moore. After him are Takeshi Urata, Stephen P. Synnott, William Frederick Denning, Benjamin Banneker, Guillermo Haro, and Lipót Schulhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Harold D. Babcock ranks 215. Before him are José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Adrianus de Jong, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Leonard Nelson, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Ion Agârbiceanu. After him are Harry Myers, Juan Guevara, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Jimmy Hogan, Edwin Barclay, and Max Hainle. Among people deceased in 1968, Harold D. Babcock ranks 183. Before him are Eivar Widlund, Leo Sexton, Luigi Cevenini, Eben Dönges, Panagiotis Pavlidis, and Sid Kimpton. After him are Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Francis Biddle, Armand Blanchonnet, Rudolph Dirks, Arnulf Øverland, and Wendell Corey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold D. Babcock ranks 7,418 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Rush (1929), Larry Lieber (1931), Wally Funk (1939), Albert Salmi (1928), Robert Ripley (1890), and Michael Franks (1944). After him are Fred Saberhagen (1930), Johnny Burnette (1934), Desmond Harrington (1976), Jeff Sessions (1946), James Dunn (1901), and Louis Sachar (1954).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Harold D. Babcock ranks 92. Before him are James L. Elliot (1943), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Schelte J. Bus (1956), James Gunn (1938), George O. Abell (1927), and Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898). After him are Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Margaret Geller (1947), and Carolyn Porco (1953).

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