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John Stanley Plaskett

1865 - 1941

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John Stanley Plaskett (November 17, 1865 – October 17, 1941) was a Canadian astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Stanley Plaskett has received more than 24,158 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Stanley Plaskett is the 202nd most popular astronomer (up from 443rd in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Canada (up from 398th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Stanley Plaskett ranks 202 out of 644. Before him are Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Martin Schwarzschild, Peter Andreas Hansen, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, and Seth Barnes Nicholson. After him are Margherita Hack, Mashallah ibn Athari, Cleomedes, Tamara Smirnova, Timocharis, and Bertil Lindblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, John Stanley Plaskett ranks 69. Before him are Hantaro Nagaoka, Said Halim Pasha, Rafael Merry del Val, Aspazija, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito. After him are Isaac Israëls, Henri Desgrange, J. Walter Christie, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, James Henry Breasted, and Erich von Drygalski. Among people deceased in 1941, John Stanley Plaskett ranks 78. Before him are Guillermo Kahlo, Hanns Kerrl, Anandyn Amar, Walter Ruttmann, Joachim Schepke, and Maximilien Luce. After him are Alexandros Koryzis, Arkady Gaidar, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Kurt Hensel, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, and Elizabeth von Arnim.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Stanley Plaskett ranks 127 out of 1,622. Before him are Loreena McKennitt (1957), Eric McCormack (1963), Mary Simon (1947), Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), and Lorne Greene (1915). After him are William Osler (1849), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), and Joseph Wiseman (1918).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, John Stanley Plaskett ranks 3. Before him are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), and Hubert Reeves (1932). After him are James Craig Watson (1838), David H. Levy (1948), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Wendy Freedman (1957), Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), Linda A. Morabito (1953), and Dale Frail (1961).

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