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Robert Grant Aitken

1864 - 1951

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Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Grant Aitken has received more than 41,733 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Robert Grant Aitken is the 190th most popular astronomer (down from 188th in 2019), the 2,611th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,871st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 190 out of 644. Before him are William Henry Pickering, N. R. Pogson, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Henri Debehogne, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Andrew Graham. After him are Yrjö Väisälä, Liisi Oterma, Eleanor F. Helin, Andreas Cellarius, Francis Baily, and Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 66. Before him are Soh Jaipil, Isa Boletini, Carl Correns, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Sheikh Said, and Nikolay Chkheidze. After him are Wilhelm Souchon, Alejandro Lerroux, Ante Trumbić, Apolinario Mabini, Ion I. C. Brătianu, and Princess Hilda of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 60. Before him are Louis Jouvet, Osman Batur, Liaquat Ali Khan, Henrietta Lacks, Mikhail Borodin, and Algernon Blackwood. After him are Tadeusz Borowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Maria Montez, Eugen Meindl, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, and Wols.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 2,611 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Hewlett (1913), Frank Marshall (1877), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), John C. Woods (1911), and Mercedes McCambridge (1916). After him are Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Barry Nelson (1917), Adrian Smith (1944), Chester Carlson (1906), Tod Browning (1880), and Jack Nicklaus (1940).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 33. Before him are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), George Phillips Bond (1825), Harlow Shapley (1885), Michael H. Hart (1932), J. Allen Hynek (1910), and William Henry Pickering (1858). After him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Milton L. Humason (1891), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), George William Hill (1838), and Nancy Roman (1925).

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