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Heber Doust Curtis

1872 - 1942

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Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heber Doust Curtis has received more than 55,002 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Heber Doust Curtis is the 220th most popular astronomer (down from 176th in 2019), the 3,294th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,709th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 220 out of 531Before him are Martin Schwarzschild, Alexis Bouvard, Oskar Backlund, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Alfred Fowler, and César-François Cassini de Thury. After him are James Ferguson, Antonín Mrkos, Walter Lewin, Tamara Smirnova, Milton L. Humason, and George Ellery Hale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 70Before him are Ludwig Klages, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Hàm Nghi, Theodor Lessing, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, and Momčilo Tapavica. After him are Barbu Știrbey, Émile Henry, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Max Beerbohm, Adolf Schmal, and Carlo Sforza. Among people deceased in 1942, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 94Before him are Vera Figner, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Titus Brandsma, Walther von Lüttwitz, Lidia Zamenhof, and Konstantin Balmont. After him are Rudolf Spielmann, Mordechai Gebirtig, Joseph Schmidt, Adolf Hühnlein, Gorazd, and Epitácio Pessoa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 3,294 out of 18,182Before him are Edith Head (1897), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Ron Rifkin (1939), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Kevin James (1965), and The Miz (1980). After him are Suzanne Vega (1959), Benjamin Bratt (1963), Shere Hite (1942), Max Roach (1924), David Lee Roth (1954), and John Paine (1870).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 39Before him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), William Wallace Campbell (1862), James W. Christy (1938), and Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891). After him are Milton L. Humason (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Nancy Roman (1925), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Halton Arp (1927), and James Edward Keeler (1857).