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Joel Hastings Metcalf

1866 - 1925

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Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister. Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Hastings Metcalf has received more than 16,130 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Hastings Metcalf is the 255th most popular astronomer (down from 193rd in 2019), the 3,670th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,928th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joel Hastings Metcalf ranks 255 out of 644. Before him are William Wallace Campbell, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Bengt Strömgren, Charles Wolf, Laurent Cassegrain, and Klim Churyumov. After him are Sandra Faber, George Ellery Hale, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Nevil Maskelyne, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and Maria Clara Eimmart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Joel Hastings Metcalf ranks 72. Before him are Hubert Van Innis, Pyotr Lebedev, António José de Almeida, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, and Carlos Schwabe. After him are Julian Marchlewski, Antonio Luna, Andrey Lyapchev, Mario García Menocal, Robert Broom, and George Minne. Among people deceased in 1925, Joel Hastings Metcalf ranks 81. Before him are Alexander Miasnikian, Pablo Iglesias Posse, Hugo Preuß, Jaap Eden, Princess Therese of Bavaria, and Myer Prinstein. After him are Julian Marchlewski, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Antonio Ascari, Bajram Curri, Roger de La Fresnaye, and André Caplet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Hastings Metcalf ranks 3,670 out of 20,380. Before him are Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), Sage Stallone (1976), Tina Fey (1970), Anna Faris (1976), Herb Alpert (1935), and Willie Dixon (1915). After him are Rob Lowe (1964), La Monte Young (1935), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Richard Anderson (1926), Horace Silver (1928), and Robert Zoellick (1953).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Joel Hastings Metcalf ranks 42. Before him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), George William Hill (1838), Nancy Roman (1925), Vesto Slipher (1875), and William Wallace Campbell (1862). After him are Sandra Faber (1944), George Ellery Hale (1868), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), and William Cranch Bond (1789).

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