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Wendy Freedman

1957 - Today

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Wendy Laurel Freedman (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now the John & Marion Sullivan University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Freedman has received more than 66,793 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Wendy Freedman is the 597th most popular astronomer (down from 546th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Canada (up from 805th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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  • 67k

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  • 39.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wendy Freedman ranks 597 out of 644. Before her are Satoru Otomo, Lenka Kotková, Alan Hale, Debra Fischer, Dorrit Hoffleit, and Geoffrey Marcy. After her are Richard van der Riet Woolley, Françoise Combes, Osamu Muramatsu, Naoto Satō, Masaru Arai, and Hiroshi Mori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Wendy Freedman ranks 606. Before her are Philip May, Óscar Arizaga, Paul Dini, Harley Jane Kozak, Ananda Devi, and Bill Cartwright. After her are Fabio Dal Zotto, Payne Stewart, Viktor Gavrikov, Callie Khouri, Sitara Achakzai, and Russell Simmons.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 764 out of 1,622. Before her are Eric Johnson (1979), John Rutsey (1952), Lindy Booth (1979), George Lyon (1858), Steve Bauer (1959), and Art Ross (1885). After her are Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975), Romeo Rivers (1907), Pete Desjardins (1907), Adam Beach (1972), Paul Gross (1959), and Élie Blanchard (1881).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 7. Before her are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Hubert Reeves (1932), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), James Craig Watson (1838), David H. Levy (1948), and Carlyle S. Beals (1899). After her are Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), Linda A. Morabito (1953), and Dale Frail (1961).

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