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Madge Adam

1912 - 2001

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Madge Gertrude Adam (6 March 1912 – 25 August 2001) was an English solar astronomer who was the first postgraduate student in solar physics at the University of Oxford observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madge Adam has received more than 13,888 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Madge Adam is the 581st most popular astronomer, the 5,638th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 68th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Madge Adam ranks 581 out of 644Before her are Kin Endate, Kenzo Suzuki, Mary Watson Whitney, James Ferguson, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, and Adelaide Ames. After her are Maura Tombelli, Arnold Wolfendale, Masayuki Yanai, Tomimaru Okuni, Stefano Sposetti, and Jana Tichá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Madge Adam ranks 400Before her are Horace Gwynne, Kamil Tolon, Hilda Cameron, Tip O'Neill, Richard Carlson, and Erland Herkenrath. After her are Danny Thomas, Zohra Sehgal, Erich Schmitt, Harry Hay, Byron Nelson, and Alfred Schmalzer. Among people deceased in 2001, Madge Adam ranks 328Before her are Leamon King, Mike Mansfield, Abraham Beame, Hilda Cameron, Jennifer Syme, and Régine Cavagnoud. After her are Imogene Coca, Thuy Trang, Brenda Helser, Leon Wilkeson, Fred Neil, and Ziad Jarrah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Madge Adam ranks 5,638 out of 8,785Before her are Shashi Tharoor (1956), Tim Henman (1974), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Nathaniel Phillips (1997), John Lombe (1693), and James Bowen (1979). After her are Michael Moran (1948), Kalvin Phillips (1995), Anna of East Anglia (null), Micah Richards (1988), Neil Sloane (1939), and Nick Clegg (1967).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Madge Adam ranks 68Before her are John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard A. Proctor (1837), and James Ferguson (1710). After her are Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).