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Henry Norris Russell

1877 - 1957

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Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Norris Russell has received more than 157,210 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Henry Norris Russell is the 109th most popular astronomer (up from 115th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Astronomer.

Henry Norris Russell is most famous for his work in the field of astronomy. He was born in 1877 and studied at Princeton University, graduating in 1900. He then went on to study at Harvard University, where he received his doctorate in astronomy in 1905. He was a professor at Princeton University from 1909 until his retirement in 1956.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Henry Norris Russell ranks 109 out of 644. Before him are Adelard of Bath, Annie Jump Cannon, Angelo Secchi, Jean Picard, Petrus Plancius, and James Van Allen. After him are Karl Ludwig Harding, William Huggins, Édouard Stephan, Mary Somerville, Edward Charles Pickering, and John Louis Emil Dreyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Henry Norris Russell ranks 33. Before him are Alfred Kubin, André Maginot, Plutarco Elías Calles, Ernst von Dohnányi, Aga Khan III, and Rudolf Hilferding. After him are James Jeans, Alben W. Barkley, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Emil Abderhalden, Endre Ady, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. Among people deceased in 1957, Henry Norris Russell ranks 53. Before him are Aga Khan III, Sacha Guitry, Hermann Buhl, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Johnny Torrio, and Mamoru Shigemitsu. After him are James Brendan Connolly, Rudolf Diels, Max Amann, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Eugène Schueller, and Qi Baishi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Norris Russell ranks 1,514 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Charles Mingus (1922), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Elias James Corey (1928), James Brolin (1940), and Phil Jackson (1945). After him are Nicholas Ray (1911), Debbie Harry (1945), Phil Knight (1938), Creighton Abrams (1914), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and James Brendan Connolly (1868).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Henry Norris Russell ranks 19. Before him are Percival Lowell (1855), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), and James Van Allen (1914). After him are Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Frank Drake (1930), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Maria Mitchell (1818), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), and Henry Draper (1837).

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