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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 18,422 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joel Stebbins is the 417th most popular astronomer (up from 419th in 2019), the 6,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,583rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joel Stebbins ranks 417 out of 531. Before him are Albrecht Unsöld, John Pond, Willem Jacob Luyten, Elizabeth Roemer, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Alenush Terian. After him are Herbert Hall Turner, Benjamin Jekhowsky, William Wilson Morgan, Audouin Dollfus, George Herbig, and George Henry Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Joel Stebbins ranks 167. Before him are José Berraondo, Spyridon Belokas, Louise Dresser, František Janda-Suk, William Orpen, and Ion Dragoumis. After him are John Rimmer, Mikheil Tsereteli, Constance Collier, María Guadalupe García Zavala, Gustav Schuft, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar. Among people deceased in 1966, Joel Stebbins ranks 148. Before him are Sofya Yanovskaya, Harry Beaumont, Bill Carr, Pablo Birger, Elliot See, and Charles Bassett. After him are Seán T. O'Kelly, Herbert Marshall, Santiago Lovell, Margery Allingham, Gustavo Marzi, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Stebbins ranks 6,603 out of 18,182. Before him are Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Ethel Catherwood (1908), Michael Behe (1952), John McIntire (1907), Jason Biggs (1978), and Bobby Timmons (1935). After him are Mark Cuban (1958), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Philip Ahn (1905), Barry Van Dyke (1951), Loretta Devine (1949), and Frank Norris (1870).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Joel Stebbins ranks 81. Before him are Brian Schmidt (1967), Jill Tarter (1944), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Michael E. Brown (1965), Horace W. Babcock (1912), and Elizabeth Roemer (1929). After him are William Wilson Morgan (1906), George Herbig (1920), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), Albert George Wilson (1918), James L. Elliot (1943), and Cleveland Abbe (1838).

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