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Seth Barnes Nicholson

1891 - 1963

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Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He worked at the Lick observatory in California, and is known for discovering several moons of Jupiter in the 20th century. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was raised in rural Illinois. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seth Barnes Nicholson has received more than 32,676 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Seth Barnes Nicholson is the 201st most popular astronomer (up from 212th in 2019), the 2,737th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,177th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 201 out of 644. Before him are Francis Baily, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Martin Schwarzschild, Peter Andreas Hansen, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Bernard Lyot. After him are John Stanley Plaskett, Margherita Hack, Mashallah ibn Athari, Cleomedes, Tamara Smirnova, and Timocharis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 85. Before him are Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, Kálmán Kalocsay, Charles Munch, Kim Seong-su, and Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov. After him are Hermann Scherchen, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Antoine Pinay, Hans Albers, Ivan Vinogradov, and George Adamski. Among people deceased in 1963, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 69. Before him are Ngô Đình Nhu, Fazlollah Zahedi, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Jacob Gade, Jacques Villon, and Sarit Thanarat. After him are Margaret Murray, Ernst Kantorowicz, Rahul Sankrityayan, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Richard Kohn, and Robert Stroud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 2,737 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby McFerrin (1950), Aldrich Ames (1941), Michael Nouri (1945), Don Henley (1947), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), and Sue Lyon (1946). After him are David Berkowitz (1953), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Patrick Wilson (1973), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), and Katy Perry (1984).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 35. Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), Michael H. Hart (1932), J. Allen Hynek (1910), William Henry Pickering (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), and Eleanor F. Helin (1932). After him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), George William Hill (1838), Nancy Roman (1925), Vesto Slipher (1875), and William Wallace Campbell (1862).

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