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John August Anderson

1876 - 1959

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John August Anderson (August 7, 1876 – December 2, 1959) was an American astronomer who made significant contributions to improving astronomical instruments in the early 20th century, especially diffraction gratings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John August Anderson has received more than 20,060 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John August Anderson is the 559th most popular astronomer, the 10,645th most popular biography from United States and the 111th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John August Anderson ranks 559 out of 644. Before him are Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, Thomas Romney Robinson, Richard A. Proctor, Mary Ward, and Bruce C. Murray. After him are Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, Thomas Bopp, Robert Herman, and David L. Rabinowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, John August Anderson ranks 197. Before him are James Scullin, Claude Buckenham, John Garstang, George Cloutier, Jānis Akuraters, and James Larkin. After him are John Mulcahy, Susan Glaspell, John T. Dillon, Mary Ritter Beard, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Sol Plaatje. Among people deceased in 1959, John August Anderson ranks 202. Before him are Yoshioka Yayoi, George Amick, Gilda Gray, Vincenzo Cardarelli, G. D. H. Cole, and Jaroslav Skobla. After him are Frank Vaughn, Harold Hardwick, Baby Dodds, Kenneth Anderson, James Gleason, and Taylor Holmes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John August Anderson ranks 10,645 out of 20,380. Before him are Francis X. Bushman (1883), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Chuck Billy (1962), Justin McCarthy (1899), Joanna Going (1963), and Arthur Jensen (1923). After him are Bruce Baumgartner (1960), Anita Baker (1958), Edward Ferry (1941), Justin Hartley (1977), Martin Feldstein (1939), and Randall Park (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, John August Anderson ranks 111. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Rittenhouse (1732), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), and Bruce C. Murray (1931). After him are Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Thomas Bopp (1949), Robert Herman (1914), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Peter Goldreich (1939), and A. E. Douglass (1867).

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