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Paul W. Merrill

1887 - 1961

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Paul Willard Merrill (August 15, 1887 – July 19, 1961) was an American astronomer whose specialty was spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul W. Merrill has received more than 18,120 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul W. Merrill is the 343rd most popular astronomer (down from 312th in 2019), the 5,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,769th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paul W. Merrill ranks 343 out of 531. Before him are Viktor Knorre, Maarten Schmidt, Félix Tisserand, Luboš Kohoutek, Eugene Parker, and Dirk Brouwer. After him are Odette Bancilhon, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Joseph Helffrich, Elia Millosevich, and Hugo Gyldén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Paul W. Merrill ranks 169. Before him are Leevi Madetoja, Sylvia Beach, Louis Leon Thurstone, Maria Jeritza, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, and Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics. After him are Alan Cunningham, Jack Conway, Lajos Kassák, Norman L. Bowen, Géza Csáth, and Hranush Arshagyan. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul W. Merrill ranks 109. Before him are James Thurber, Percy Grainger, Walter Bedell Smith, Olav Bjaaland, Scott LaFaro, and Alberto Chividini. After him are Leonhard Frank, Maneca, Nita Naldi, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Nadezhda Udaltsova, and Géza von Bolváry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 5,224 out of 18,182. Before him are Frank Churchill (1901), Nathanael West (1903), Robert Taylor (1932), Barnum Brown (1873), Moe Tucker (1944), and George Pickett (1825). After him are Nathan East (1955), T. C. Boyle (1948), Biz Stone (1974), Carol Burnett (1933), Charles Bolden (1946), and Patty Duke (1946).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 64. Before him are Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Alvan Clark (1804), Frank Muller (1862), and Eugene Parker (1927). After him are David Rittenhouse (1732), Sandra Faber (1944), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), and Frank Schlesinger (1871).

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