ASTRONOMER

Sherburne Wesley Burnham

1838 - 1921

Photo of Sherburne Wesley Burnham

Icon of person Sherburne Wesley Burnham

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 33,033 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sherburne Wesley Burnham is the 262nd most popular astronomer (up from 359th in 2019), the 2,192nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,027th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 262 out of 644. Before him are Sandra Faber, George Ellery Hale, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Nevil Maskelyne, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and Maria Clara Eimmart. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Otto Struve, Seth Carlo Chandler, André-Louis Danjon, William Cranch Bond, and Guido Bonatti.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 58. Before him are George William Hill, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Joel Asaph Allen, Jules Dalou, Paolo Boselli, and Szymon Winawer. After him are August Šenoa, Karl Weyprecht, Henry Irving, Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Siegfried Bing, and Emil Rathenau. Among people deceased in 1921, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 71. Before him are Fyodor Sergeyev, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Eduardo Dato, Pierre Cuypers, and Alexander Dutov. After him are William Speirs Bruce, Mirza Kuchik Khan, Isidor Kaufmann, Alfred Grandidier, Franz Defregger, and Gabriela Zapolska.

Others Born in 1838

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1921

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 2,192 out of 8,785. Before him are John Miles (1949), John Cleland (1709), John Paul Jones (1747), Lytton Strachey (1880), Bob Peck (1945), and George Robert Waterhouse (1810). After him are Paul Young (1956), William Speirs Bruce (1867), James Stirling (1692), Clive Sinclair (1940), Caroline Graham (1931), and Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 36. Before him are James Ferguson (1797), David Gill (1843), John Bevis (1695), Cyril Jackson (1903), George Mary Searle (1839), and Nevil Maskelyne (1732). After him are John Machin (1680), John Michell (1724), Alfred Fowler (1868), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), and Herbert Hall Turner (1861).

British born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous