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ASTRONOMER

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 58,506 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wendy Freedman is the 546th most popular astronomer (down from 520th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from Canada (down from 755th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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  • 59k

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  • 35.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wendy Freedman ranks 546 out of 531Before her are Naoto Satō, Alan Hale, Chad Trujillo, Miloš Tichý, David J. Tholen, and Satoru Otomo. After her are Gary Hug, Debra Fischer, Marc William Buie, Osamu Muramatsu, Matthew J. Holman, and Lenka Kotková.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Wendy Freedman ranks 597Before her are Mark Gordon, Satoru Otomo, Irina Nazarova, Peeter Järvelaid, Vasyl Arkhypenko, and Shirley Babashoff. After her are Jermaine Stewart, Taylor Negron, William G. Gregory, Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, David Beasley, and Scott J. Horowitz.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 806 out of 1,350Before her are Cœur de pirate (1989), Michael Mando (1981), Mark Lee (1999), Alexander Hurd (1910), Kate Vernon (1961), and Eugenie Bouchard (1994). After her are Bianca Beauchamp (1977), Paul Kariya (1974), Shawn Roberts (1984), Jean-Luc Brassard (1972), Emeraude Toubia (1989), and Yasmeen Ghauri (1971).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Wendy Freedman ranks 6Before her are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Hubert Reeves (1932), James Craig Watson (1838), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), and David H. Levy (1948). After her are Sara Seager (1971), Brett J. Gladman (1966), and Dale Frail (1961).