1891 - 1963
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 22,580 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Seth Barnes Nicholson is the 217th most popular astronomer (down from 162nd in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,277th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 217 out of 532. Before him are Oenopides, Paul Wild, Cleomedes, James Dunlop, George Mary Searle, and Edward L. G. Bowell. After him are Henri Debehogne, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, George Ellery Hale, Hubert Reeves, James Ferguson, and Dilhan Eryurt.
490 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 211
1925 - 2014
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 212
110 - 1
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 213
1793 - 1848
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 214
1839 - 1918
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 215
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 216
1891 - 1963
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 217
1928 - 2007
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 218
1834 - 1882
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 219
1868 - 1938
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 220
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 221
1797 - 1867
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 222
1926 - 2012
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 223
Among people born in 1891, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 102. Before him are Maria Skobtsova, Pedro Salinas, Kálmán Kalocsay, Mischa Elman, Vittorio Jano, and Abraham Fraenkel. After him are Otto Ciliax, Scott Bradley, Maksim Bahdanovič, Charley Patton, Pietro Nenni, and Poul Nielsen. Among people deceased in 1963, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 78. Before him are Hubert Pierlot, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Patsy Cline, Robert Stroud, Gustave Garrigou, and Ramón Gómez de la Serna. After him are Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Luis Cernuda, Adolphe Menjou, Maria Tănase, Rahul Sankrityayan, and Sarit Thanarat.
1891 - 1945
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 96
1891 - 1951
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 97
1891 - 1976
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 98
1891 - 1967
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 99
1891 - 1965
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 100
1891 - 1965
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 101
1891 - 1963
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 102
1891 - 1964
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 103
1891 - 1977
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 104
1891 - 1917
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 105
1891 - 1934
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 106
1891 - 1980
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 107
1891 - 1962
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 108
1883 - 1963
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 72
1880 - 1963
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 73
1932 - 1963
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 74
1890 - 1963
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 75
1884 - 1963
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 76
1888 - 1963
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 77
1891 - 1963
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 78
1877 - 1963
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 79
1902 - 1963
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 80
1890 - 1963
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 81
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 82
1893 - 1963
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 83
1908 - 1963
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 84
Among people born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 3,249 out of 15,968. Before him are Bob Dole (1923), Tim Buckley (1947), Abel Ferrara (1951), Carl Bernstein (1944), Harold Arlen (1905), and Thelma Ritter (1902). After him are Red Buttons (1919), Hyman Minsky (1919), Tom Hulce (1953), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Muggsy Bogues (1965), and Lisa Bonet (1967).
1923 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 3,243
1947 - 1975
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 3,244
1951 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,245
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,246
1905 - 1986
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,247
1902 - 1969
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,248
1891 - 1963
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,249
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,250
1919 - 1996
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,251
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,252
1815 - 1902
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,253
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,254
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 3,255
Among astronomers born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 40. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Milton L. Humason (1891), Michael H. Hart (1932), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837). After him are George Ellery Hale (1868), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Antonia Maury (1866), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and William Cranch Bond (1789).
1932 - 2009
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 34
1891 - 1972
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 35
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 36
1866 - 1925
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 37
1906 - 2004
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 38
1837 - 1923
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 39
1891 - 1963
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 40
1868 - 1938
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 41
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 42
1866 - 1952
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 43
1846 - 1913
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 44
1832 - 1897
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 45
1789 - 1859
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 46