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Walter Frederick Gale

1865 - 1945

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Walter Frederick Gale (27 November 1865 – 1 June 1945) was an Australian banker. Gale was born in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Frederick Gale has received more than 20,632 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Frederick Gale is the 542nd most popular astronomer (down from 486th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Australia (down from 241st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 542 out of 644. Before him are Kiichirō Furukawa, Ruby Payne-Scott, Seiji Ueda, Mary Proctor, Lawrence H. Aller, and Andrew Ainslie Common. After him are Gary Hug, György Kulin, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Miguel Itzigsohn, Vera Gaze, and Anne Sewell Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 153. Before him are Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Leónidas Plaza, John Monash, Ferdinand Feyerick, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Arthur Symons. After him are Charles Stanton Ogle, Janez Evangelist Krek, Charles Sands, Pavel Shternberg, Mrs Patrick Campbell, and Wilhelm Wirtinger. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 343. Before him are Arthur Symons, Hiram Johnson, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Paul Koebe, Heinrich Schroth, and Walter Weiler. After him are Takashi Yokoyama, Søren Petersen, Charles Sands, Frank Chapman, N. C. Wyeth, and Sigurður Eggerz.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 319 out of 1,143. Before him are Leslie Boardman (1889), Josip Šimunić (1978), Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), Pat Rafter (1972), Faith Leech (1941), and Danny Clark (1951). After him are Charles Kingsford Smith (1897), James Scullin (1876), Teresa Palmer (1986), Kerry Melville (1947), Gail Chanfreau (1945), and Isabel Lucas (1985).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 3. Before him are John Broughton (1952), and Ruby Payne-Scott (1912). After him are Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

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