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Helen Sawyer Hogg

1905 - 1993

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Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (August 1, 1905 – January 28, 1993) was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astronomical organizations and a scientist when many universities would not award scientific degrees to women. Her scientific advocacy and journalism included astronomy columns in the Toronto Star ("With the Stars", 1951–81) and the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ("Out of Old Books", 1946–65). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Sawyer Hogg has received more than 80,796 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Helen Sawyer Hogg is the 545th most popular astronomer (down from 500th in 2019), the 9,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,301st in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 545 out of 644. Before her are Mary Proctor, Lawrence H. Aller, Andrew Ainslie Common, Walter Frederick Gale, Gary Hug, and György Kulin. After her are Miguel Itzigsohn, Vera Gaze, Anne Sewell Young, Ewine van Dishoeck, Thomas Brisbane, and Avi Loeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 360. Before her are Chick Webb, Tex Ritter, Oleg Zhakov, György Kulin, Edvin Laine, and Hanns Kilian. After her are Kenneth Rexroth, Isaac Kashdan, Tommy Flowers, Robert Bacher, Friederich Franzl, and Leroy Carr. Among people deceased in 1993, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 265. Before her are Vilmos Zombori, Jeanne Sauvé, Ray Gillen, Janusz Sidło, Sammy Cahn, and Harvey Kurtzman. After her are Kerry Von Erich, Rok Petrovič, Arthur Alexander, Cyril Collard, Gustav Hasford, and Srđan Aleksić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 9,922 out of 20,380. Before her are Roberta Williams (1953), John Houbolt (1919), Dana Carvey (1955), Jon Gries (1957), Percy Heath (1923), and Josh Hamilton (1969). After her are Corbin Bernsen (1954), Isabel Jewell (1907), Jason David Frank (1973), Lucas Black (1982), Kerry Von Erich (1960), and Ken Shamrock (1964).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 106. Before her are Roy A. Tucker (1951), Edward S. Holden (1846), Marc Aaronson (1950), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Charles Augustus Young (1834), and Lawrence H. Aller (1913). After her are Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Rittenhouse (1732), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Bruce C. Murray (1931), John August Anderson (1876), and Irwin I. Shapiro (1929).

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