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Horace W. Babcock

1912 - 2003

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Horace Welcome Babcock (September 13, 1912 – August 29, 2003) was an American astronomer. He was the son of Harold D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace W. Babcock has received more than 36,780 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Horace W. Babcock is the 449th most popular astronomer (down from 406th in 2019), the 6,900th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,459th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Horace W. Babcock ranks 449 out of 644. Before him are Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Henry L. Giclas, Willem Jacob Luyten, Kees de Jager, and Edward Pigott. After him are Fyodor Bredikhin, Benjamin Banneker, Charles W. Juels, Frank Schlesinger, Alexandre Schaumasse, and Carolyn Porco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Horace W. Babcock ranks 291. Before him are Silviu Bindea, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Carmen Barth, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Conlon Nancarrow, and Hideo Itokawa. After him are Bill Roberts, František Šterc, Wálter Guevara, Connie Sawyer, Willy Kaiser, and Willibald Schmaus. Among people deceased in 2003, Horace W. Babcock ranks 242. Before him are Gunnar Johansson, Roy Jenkins, Béla Kárpáti, José Juncosa, Stu Hart, and Ignacio Velasco. After him are Mike Larrabee, Tommy Seebach, Carlos Roberto Reina, Jürgen Möllemann, Walter J. Ong, and Yuri Shchekochikhin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace W. Babcock ranks 6,900 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Trump (1948), Alf Clausen (1941), Charles Greene (1945), Sam Altman (1985), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903). After him are Mike Larrabee (1933), Paula Fox (1923), Edgar Winter (1946), Brenda Song (1988), Michael Learned (1939), and Curtis Fuller (1934).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Horace W. Babcock ranks 83. Before him are Harold D. Babcock (1882), Joel Stebbins (1878), George Herbig (1920), Jill Tarter (1944), Brian Schmidt (1967), and Henry L. Giclas (1910). After him are Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Carolyn Porco (1953), Michael E. Brown (1965), and David Todd Wilkinson (1935).

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