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Henry L. Giclas

1910 - 2007

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Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets. He worked at Lowell Observatory using the blink comparator, and hired Robert Burnham Jr. to work there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry L. Giclas has received more than 15,939 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry L. Giclas is the 403rd most popular astronomer (down from 343rd in 2019), the 6,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,254th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Henry L. Giclas ranks 403 out of 531. Before him are Janet Akyüz Mattei, Lutz D. Schmadel, Hugo von Seeliger, Richard Schorr, Lyudmila Karachkina, and Alfred Schmitt. After him are Michael E. Brown, Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Horace W. Babcock, Friedrich Tietjen, Barnaba Oriani, and Stéphane Javelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Henry L. Giclas ranks 242. Before him are Gennady Voronov, Laurance Rockefeller, Mamadou Dia, Katalin Karády, William Higinbotham, and Gunnar Fischer. After him are Tefta Tashko-Koço, Carlo Orlandi, John Hammond, Alexandru Borbely, Gjorgji Abadžiev, and Lizardo Rodríguez Nue. Among people deceased in 2007, Henry L. Giclas ranks 237. Before him are Giuseppe Baldo, Ernesto Alonso, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Qurratulain Hyder, and Julius Wess. After him are Izumi Sakai, Alan Ball Jr., Nicolae Dobrin, Iwao Takamoto, Milan Jelić, and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry L. Giclas ranks 6,402 out of 18,182. Before him are Gregory Olsen (1945), Robert Hays (1947), Robert Richardson (1955), John Shelby Spong (1931), Melissa Mathison (1950), and Kevin Sussman (1970). After him are Michael Sembello (1954), Victor Buono (1938), Alexander Payne (1961), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Shirley Booth (1898), and Bambi Woods (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Henry L. Giclas ranks 77. Before him are Herbert Friedman (1916), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Henry E. Holt (1929), Brian Schmidt (1967), and Jill Tarter (1944). After him are Michael E. Brown (1965), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), and George Herbig (1920).

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