ASTRONOMER

Margaret Harwood

1885 - 1979

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Margaret Harwood (March 19, 1885 – February 6, 1979) was an American astronomer specializing in photometry and the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Harwood has received more than 27,241 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Harwood is the 573rd most popular astronomer, the 11,304th most popular biography from United States and the 118th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Margaret Harwood ranks 573 out of 644. Before her are Peter Goldreich, Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Merieme Chadid, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and A. E. Douglass. After her are Christian Pollas, Kin Endate, Kenzo Suzuki, Mary Watson Whitney, James Ferguson, and Silvia Torres-Peimbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Margaret Harwood ranks 263. Before her are Florence Turner, Birger Sjöberg, Alain LeRoy Locke, Knut Torell, Riccardo Nowak, and Burton Downing. After her are George Dole, Károly Levitzky, Alan Noble, George "Gabby" Hayes, Art Ross, and Harry Gribbon. Among people deceased in 1979, Margaret Harwood ranks 280. Before her are Jan Pijnenburg, Zoltán Várkonyi, Jimmy McCulloch, Peter Donlon, Angus MacLise, and Jean Stafford. After her are Yuri Krylov, Edgar Buchanan, Walter Dietrich, Charlotte Mineau, Yvonne Mitchell, and Elemér Somfay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Harwood ranks 11,304 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles J. Folger (1818), Lucille Ricksen (1910), A. E. Douglass (1867), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Scott Adams (1957), and Han Ye-seul (1981). After her are K Callan (1936), Stacey Kent (1965), Rulon Gardner (1971), David Singmaster (1938), Alyssa Diaz (1985), and Kyle Busch (1985).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Margaret Harwood ranks 118. Before her are Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Thomas Bopp (1949), Robert Herman (1914), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Peter Goldreich (1939), and A. E. Douglass (1867). After her are Christian Pollas (1947), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Adelaide Ames (1900), John Huchra (1948), Jan Kleyna (2000), and Dorrit Hoffleit (1907).

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