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James Edward Keeler

1857 - 1900

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James Edward Keeler (September 10, 1857 – August 12, 1900) was an American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Edward Keeler has received more than 48,062 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Edward Keeler is the 238th most popular astronomer (up from 283rd in 2019), the 3,620th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,154th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Edward Keeler ranks 238 out of 531Before him are Eleanor F. Helin, James Glaisher, Adriaan Blaauw, Rudolph Minkowski, Didier Queloz, and Halton Arp. After him are Johannes Schöner, Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, Cleostratus, Freimut Börngen, and Nevil Maskelyne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, James Edward Keeler ranks 72Before him are Julius Popper, Luigi Illica, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Léon Charles Thévenin, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. After him are Simon Hollósy, Joseph Larmor, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Gabriela Zapolska, Stojan Protić, and Louis Dollo. Among people deceased in 1900, James Edward Keeler ranks 49Before him are Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Wilhelm Leibl, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Bruno Abakanowicz, and Arthur Sullivan. After him are Arsenio Martínez Campos, Peter Waage, Carl Lange, Francišak Bahuševič, Piet Joubert, and Rudolf Charousek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Edward Keeler ranks 3,620 out of 18,182Before him are Joan Copeland (1922), Alan Dershowitz (1938), Friz Freleng (1906), Halton Arp (1927), John Petrucci (1967), and Burl Ives (1909). After him are Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Don Nelson (1940), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Gore Verbinski (1964), Michael Jai White (1967), and Michael Gazzaniga (1939).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, James Edward Keeler ranks 45Before him are Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Milton L. Humason (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Nancy Roman (1925), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), and Halton Arp (1927). After him are Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), and Charles T. Kowal (1940).