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Sherburne Wesley Burnham

1838 - 1921

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Sherburne Wesley Burnham (December 12, 1838 – March 11, 1921) was an American astronomer. For more than 50 years Burnham spent all his free time observing the heavens, mainly concerning himself with binary stars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sherburne Wesley Burnham has received more than 31,212 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sherburne Wesley Burnham is the 359th most popular astronomer (up from 390th in 2019), the 3,035th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,178th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 359 out of 531. Before him are George Van Biesbroeck, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, and Philibert Jacques Melotte. After him are Hervé Faye, Paul Götz, Hendrik van Gent, Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, and Christoph Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 79. Before him are Oswald Schmiedeberg, Gotō Shōjirō, Giovanni Cagliero, Toyohara Chikanobu, Jules Méline, and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. After him are Marin Drinov, Édouard Colonne, Ferdinand Zirkel, Adam Asnyk, Alexander Veselovsky, and Gustav Neumann. Among people deceased in 1921, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 92. Before him are Žemaitė, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Lev Chernyi, Sándor Wekerle, Alexandre Michon, and Dimitrios Rallis. After him are Władysław Żeleński, Hans Huber, Isidor Kaufmann, Rafael Reyes, William Friese-Greene, and Ludwig Thoma.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 3,035 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Kerr (1882), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Hayley Atwell (1982), Billy Bremner (1942), Donald Adamson (1939), and Bob Fitzsimmons (1863). After him are William Lawes (1602), John Moore (1761), Michael Oakeshott (1901), Christopher Eccleston (1964), Herbert Lawford (1851), and Paul Day (1956).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 45. Before him are Norman Lockyer (1836), Johann von Lamont (1805), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Cyril Jackson (1903), Brian G. Marsden (1937), and Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880). After him are Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Christie (1845), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), and Herbert Hall Turner (1861).

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