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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 33,411 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Horace W. Babcock is the 406th most popular astronomer (up from 426th in 2019), the 6,472nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,790th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Horace W. Babcock ranks 406 out of 531. Before him are Richard Schorr, Lyudmila Karachkina, Alfred Schmitt, Henry L. Giclas, Michael E. Brown, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball. After him are Friedrich Tietjen, Barnaba Oriani, Stéphane Javelle, Vincenzo Cerulli, Albrecht Unsöld, and John Pond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Horace W. Babcock ranks 259. Before him are Otto Siffling, Conlon Nancarrow, Gyula Polgár, Daniel Mann, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Leonardo Cilaurren. After him are Teuvo Aura, George Mikes, Bill Roberts, Santiago Lovell, György Sándor, and Frank Oppenheimer. Among people deceased in 2003, Horace W. Babcock ranks 214. Before him are David M. Brown, Stu Hart, Marina Ladynina, Carlos Roberto Reina, Althea Gibson, and Jaime Ramírez. After him are Francesco Colasuonno, Jürgen Möllemann, Bernard Dowiyogo, Terenci Moix, Ignacio Velasco, and Roy Jenkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace W. Babcock ranks 6,472 out of 18,182. Before him are Darlene Love (1941), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Bill Holland (1874), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Malcolm Browne (1931), and James Harden (1989). After him are Kevin McHale (1957), Michael Stonebraker (1943), Don Knotts (1924), José Graziano da Silva (1949), Gary Gilmore (1940), and Barbara Jones (1937).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Horace W. Babcock ranks 79. Before him are Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Henry E. Holt (1929), Brian Schmidt (1967), Jill Tarter (1944), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and Michael E. Brown (1965). After him are Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), George Herbig (1920), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), and Albert George Wilson (1918).

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