1858 - 1938
William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory. He led solar eclipse expeditions and studied craters on the Moon, and hypothesized that changes in the appearance of the crater Eratosthenes were due to "lunar insects". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry Pickering has received more than 62,580 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Henry Pickering is the 176th most popular astronomer (down from 139th in 2019), the 2,770th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,009th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, William Henry Pickering ranks 176 out of 531. Before him are Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Gan De, Erasmus Reinhold, John Goodricke, Dominique, comte de Cassini, and August Kopff. After him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Margherita Hack, John Bevis, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.
940 - 1000
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 170
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 171
1511 - 1553
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 172
1764 - 1786
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 173
1748 - 1845
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 174
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 175
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 176
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 177
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 178
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 179
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 180
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 181
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 182
Among people born in 1858, William Henry Pickering ranks 59. Before him are Joséphin Péladan, Caran d'Ache, Maximilien Luce, Bonar Law, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Archibald Gracie IV. After him are John L. Sullivan, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, P. J. Kennedy, John A. Hobson, Hans Rott, and E. Nesbit. Among people deceased in 1938, William Henry Pickering ranks 84. Before him are Christen C. Raunkiær, Cao Kun, Francis Jammes, Edmund Landau, Max Factor, and Ante Trumbić. After him are Octavian Goga, Émile Cohl, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, David Riazanov, and Jānis K. Bērziņš.
1858 - 1918
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 53
1858 - 1909
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 54
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 55
1858 - 1923
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 56
1858 - 1943
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 57
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 58
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 59
1858 - 1918
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 60
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 61
1858 - 1929
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 62
1858 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 63
1858 - 1884
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 64
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 65
1860 - 1938
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 78
1862 - 1938
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 79
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 80
1877 - 1938
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 81
1877 - 1938
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 82
1864 - 1938
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 83
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 84
1881 - 1938
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 85
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 86
1892 - 1938
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 87
1896 - 1938
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 88
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 89
1889 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 90
Among people born in United States, William Henry Pickering ranks 2,770 out of 18,182. Before him are Wendy Carlos (1939), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Sally Kellerman (1937), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Bobby Darin (1936), and Thomas R. Marshall (1854). After him are Patrick Duffy (1949), Michael J. Smith (1945), Harold Bloom (1930), Carl Andre (1935), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), and Daniel Boone (1734).
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,764
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,765
1937 - 2022
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,766
1883 - 1946
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,767
1936 - 1973
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,768
1854 - 1925
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,769
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,770
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,771
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,772
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,773
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,774
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,775
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,776
Among astronomers born in United States, William Henry Pickering ranks 32. Before him are George Phillips Bond (1825), Vesto Slipher (1875), Henry Draper (1837), George William Hill (1838), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), and Michael H. Hart (1932). After him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), William Wallace Campbell (1862), James W. Christy (1938), and Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891).
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 26
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 27
1837 - 1882
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 28
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 29
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 30
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 31
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 32
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 33
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 34
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 35
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 37
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 38