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Sarah Frances Whiting

1847 - 1927

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Sarah Frances Whiting (August 23, 1847 – September 12, 1927) was an American physicist and astronomer. She was the first professor of physics and astronomy at Wellesley College, where she taught for over 30 years. At Wellesley College, Whiting instructed several notable astronomers and physicists, including Annie Jump Cannon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Frances Whiting has received more than 47,807 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Frances Whiting is the 795th most popular physicist, the 11,680th most popular biography from United States and the 179th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Sarah Frances Whiting ranks 795 out of 851. Before her are Werner Israel, Léon Rosenfeld, Emil Wolf, Cumrun Vafa, Yash Pal, and Egon Orowan. After her are Abhay Ashtekar, Robert Detweiler, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Frank Press, Narinder Singh Kapany, and Udupi Ramachandra Rao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Sarah Frances Whiting ranks 103. Before her are Morton Betts, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Máximo Santos, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Otto Blehr, and Ormond Stone. After her are Mary Watson Whitney, John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, John Forrest, and Anna Howard Shaw. Among people deceased in 1927, Sarah Frances Whiting ranks 150. Before her are Ira Remsen, George Nichols, Virgilio Mantegazza, Émile Albrecht, William Healey Dall, and Carl H. Eigenmann. After her are Charles Sprague Sargent, Harry Johnston, Sybil Bauer, Juliette Gordon Low, and B. B. Comer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Frances Whiting ranks 11,680 out of 20,380. Before her are John Cody (1907), Mal Whitfield (1924), Ed Lee (1952), Christina Koch (1979), John Cameron Mitchell (1963), and Andy Jassy (1968). After her are Jodi Picoult (1966), Jean Muir (1911), Brenda Chapman (1962), Charlie Ruggles (1886), Blake Shelton (1976), and Richard Carle (1871).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Sarah Frances Whiting ranks 179. Before her are James M. Bardeen (1939), Bertrand Halperin (1941), James Hartle (1939), Samuel King Allison (1900), Daniel Kleppner (1932), and Robert L. Forward (1932). After her are Robert Detweiler (1930), Frank Press (1924), David J. Griffiths (1942), Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), and Karl Taylor Compton (1887).

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