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Vesto Slipher

1875 - 1969

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Vesto Melvin Slipher (; November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vesto Slipher has received more than 184,893 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Vesto Slipher is the 248th most popular astronomer (down from 159th in 2019), the 3,510th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,423rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Vesto Slipher ranks 248 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Battista Donati, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Jean Fernel, Wilhelm von Biela, César-François Cassini de Thury, and Oenopides. After him are William Wallace Campbell, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Bengt Strömgren, Charles Wolf, Laurent Cassegrain, and Klim Churyumov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Vesto Slipher ranks 83. Before him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Jim Corbett, Carl Milles, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Marie Marvingt, and Ricardo Viñes. After him are Max Abraham, Otto Ender, Arthur Bernardes, Avetik Isahakyan, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, and Erkki Melartin. Among people deceased in 1969, Vesto Slipher ranks 98. Before him are John Wyndham, Eduardo Mondlane, Jeffrey Hunter, Willy Mairesse, Constantin Ion Parhon, and André Salmon. After him are Lajos Czeizler, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Ismail al-Azhari, Johannes Dieckmann, Nicolas Grunitzky, and Maureen Connolly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vesto Slipher ranks 3,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Baldwin (1966), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Carl Bernstein (1944), Harrison Dillard (1923), James R. Schlesinger (1929), and Amelia Bloomer (1818). After him are Lee Morgan (1938), Al Green (1946), Arthur Janov (1924), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Steve Bannon (1953), and Kateri Tekakwitha (1656).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Vesto Slipher ranks 40. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Milton L. Humason (1891), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), George William Hill (1838), and Nancy Roman (1925). After him are William Wallace Campbell (1862), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Sandra Faber (1944), George Ellery Hale (1868), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), and Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906).

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