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Joel Stebbins

1878 - 1966

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Joel Stebbins (July 30, 1878 – March 16, 1966) was an American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy. He was director of the University of Illinois Observatory from 1903 to 1922 where he performed innovative work with the selenium cell. In 1922 he became director of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he remained until 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Stebbins has received more than 19,742 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Stebbins is the 428th most popular astronomer (down from 417th in 2019), the 6,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,589th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joel Stebbins ranks 428 out of 644. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Stéphane Javelle, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Gustav Spörer, and Adalbert Krueger. After him are Johann Gottfried Köhler, Fernand Courty, Milorad B. Protić, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Cuno Hoffmeister, and George Van Biesbroeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Joel Stebbins ranks 185. Before him are Ernst Alexanderson, František Janda-Suk, Nikolai Avksentiev, Edward Thomas, Henry B. Walthall, and Ion Dragoumis. After him are Ada Adler, He Xiangning, John Derbyshire, Gustav Schuft, Mikheil Tsereteli, and Francisco Lagos Cházaro. Among people deceased in 1966, Joel Stebbins ranks 156. Before him are Naima Akef, Harry Beaumont, Cordwainer Smith, Curt Backeberg, Christian Herter, and Pablo Birger. After him are Mississippi John Hurt, Josef von Báky, Elliot See, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, René Schick, and Georges Theunis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Stebbins ranks 6,597 out of 20,380. Before him are Wayne Kramer (1948), Ellen Albertini Dow (1913), Stephen Sommers (1962), Maury Chaykin (1949), James Lee Burke (1936), and Brad Delson (1977). After him are Gregory Olsen (1945), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), Mario Cuomo (1932), Shailene Woodley (1991), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), and Zack de la Rocha (1970).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Joel Stebbins ranks 78. Before him are James L. Elliot (1943), George O. Abell (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), and Harold D. Babcock (1882). After him are George Herbig (1920), Jill Tarter (1944), Brian Schmidt (1967), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Horace W. Babcock (1912), and Benjamin Banneker (1731).

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