1887 - 1961
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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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.
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 337
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 338
1845 - 1896
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 339
1935 - 2023
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 340
1927 - 2022
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 341
1902 - 1966
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 342
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 343
1908 - 1998
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 344
1908 - 2005
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 345
1835 - 1897
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 346
1890 - 1971
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 347
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 348
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 349
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.
1887 - 1947
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 163
1887 - 1962
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 164
1887 - 1955
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 165
1887 - 1982
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 166
1887 - 1971
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 167
1887 - 1925
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 168
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 169
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 170
1887 - 1952
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 171
1887 - 1967
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 172
1887 - 1956
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 173
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 174
1887 - 1905
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 175
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 103
1882 - 1961
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 104
1895 - 1961
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 105
1873 - 1961
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 106
1936 - 1961
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 107
1907 - 1961
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 108
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 109
1882 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 110
1926 - 1961
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 111
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 112
1892 - 1961
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 113
1885 - 1961
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 114
1897 - 1961
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 115
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).
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,218
1903 - 1940
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,219
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,220
1873 - 1963
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,221
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,222
1825 - 1875
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,223
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,224
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,225
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,226
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,227
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,228
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,229
1946 - 2016
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,230
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).
1911 - 1960
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 58
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 59
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 60
1804 - 1887
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 61
1862 - 1917
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 62
1927 - 2022
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 63
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 64
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 66
1816 - 1900
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 67
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 68
1872 - 1952
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 69
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 70