ASTRONOMER

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 19,934 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul W. Merrill is the 403rd most popular astronomer (down from 343rd in 2019), the 6,176th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,212th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paul W. Merrill ranks 403 out of 644. Before him are Friedrich Tietjen, Marguerite Laugier, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Paris Pişmiş, Richard Schorr, and Harry Edwin Wood. After him are Lyudmila Karachkina, Frank Elmore Ross, Ludwig Biermann, Elizabeth Roemer, Otto Heckmann, and Hugo Gyldén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Paul W. Merrill ranks 198. Before him are Benjamin Glazer, Igor Severyanin, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Jamini Roy, Hranush Arshagyan, and Valentine Hugo. After him are Reginald Owen, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Alf Landon, Sigrid Fick, Giorgio Zampori, and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul W. Merrill ranks 132. Before him are Yaşar Doğu, Scott LaFaro, Lajos Dinnyés, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Harriet Bosse, and Anita Stewart. After him are María de Zayas, Tiny Sandford, York Bowen, Ion Barbu, Nita Naldi, and Rosa Sensat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 6,176 out of 20,380. Before him are Florence Vidor (1895), Daniel Wu (1974), Red Garland (1923), Dan Rather (1931), Chris Mulkey (1948), and Jack Nitzsche (1937). After him are Matthew Settle (1969), Robert Greene (1959), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Ottis Toole (1947), Robert Richardson (1955), and David Miller (1909).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 74. Before him are Alvan Graham Clark (1832), James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Henry E. Holt (1929), James L. Elliot (1943), and George O. Abell (1927). After him are Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Joel Stebbins (1878), George Herbig (1920), and Jill Tarter (1944).

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