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Royal Harwood Frost

1879 - 1950

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Royal Harwood Frost (25 February 1879 – 11 May 1950) was an American astronomer, born in Salem, Massachusetts to Albinus Finney Frost and Emma Jane Richardson, the fourth son of a family of ten. He married Caroline Eliza Mayhew with whom he had three daughters (Caroline Frost, Martha Richardson Frost and Barbara Frost) and two sons (Royal Harwood Frost Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Royal Harwood Frost has received more than 11,986 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Royal Harwood Frost is the 471st most popular astronomer (down from 467th in 2019), the 7,680th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,725th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Royal Harwood Frost ranks 471 out of 644. Before him are Stephen P. Synnott, Mary Adela Blagg, Alexander Voeikov, Schelte J. Bus, Hiroshi Kaneda, and Holger Thiele. After him are Christian August Friedrich Peters, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Pelageya Shajn, Forest Ray Moulton, Heinrich Kreutz, and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Royal Harwood Frost ranks 195. Before him are Richárd Weisz, Henri Tauzin, Frederick Schule, Vivian Woodward, Axel Nordlander, and Gabriel Miró. After him are Isidro Ayora, Jules De Bisschop, Gustav Goßler, Marie Juchacz, Alexandros Othonaios, and Adolf Lindfors. Among people deceased in 1950, Royal Harwood Frost ranks 163. Before him are Frederic Zelnik, Alberto Ohaco, Charles Bennett, Francisco Villota, Lothrop Stoddard, and Luise Fleck. After him are Boris Verlinsky, Tommaso Costantino, Elisabeth Langgässer, Alexandros Diomidis, Karel Koželuh, and Henryk Grossman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Royal Harwood Frost ranks 7,680 out of 20,380. Before him are Kerry Washington (1977), Evan Stone (1964), Joe Seneca (1919), Nancy Chodorow (1944), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), and Tim Bogert (1944). After him are Billy Gilbert (1894), Mark Damon (1933), Harry Spanjer (1873), John Bell Hood (1831), Vivica A. Fox (1964), and Vince Carter (1977).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Royal Harwood Frost ranks 92. Before him are Frank Schlesinger (1871), Carolyn Porco (1953), Michael E. Brown (1965), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), and Schelte J. Bus (1956). After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), William Wilson Morgan (1906), DeLisle Stewart (1870), and Edwin Foster Coddington (1870).

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