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 47,875 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). William Henry Pickering is the 139th most popular astronomer (down from 121st in 2019), the 2,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,721st in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, William Henry Pickering ranks 139 out of 532. Before him are Vesto Slipher, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Ernst Öpik, N. R. Pogson, Maslama al-Majriti, and Maria Mitchell. After him are Guillaume Bigourdan, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Johann Daniel Titius, Peter Andreas Hansen, and Maximilian Hell.
1875 - 1969
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 133
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 134
1893 - 1985
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 135
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 136
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 137
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 138
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 139
1851 - 1932
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 140
1688 - 1768
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 141
940 - 1000
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 142
1729 - 1796
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 143
1795 - 1874
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 144
1720 - 1792
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1858, William Henry Pickering ranks 49. Before him are Jagadish Chandra Bose, Oldfield Thomas, Roland Bonaparte, Wolfgang Kapp, Remy de Gourmont, and Saitō Makoto. After him are Keke Geladze, Ethel Smyth, Archibald Gracie IV, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, John L. Sullivan, and Wilhelm Fliess. Among people deceased in 1938, William Henry Pickering ranks 60. Before him are Aleksandr Kuprin, Leo Frobenius, Leopold Godowsky, William McDougall, Alexandru Averescu, and Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko. After him are Nikolai Krylenko, Edmund Landau, Ludwig Borchardt, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, King Oliver, and Yevhen Konovalets.
1858 - 1937
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 43
1858 - 1929
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 44
1858 - 1924
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 45
1858 - 1922
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 46
1858 - 1915
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 47
1858 - 1936
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 48
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 49
1858 - 1937
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 50
1858 - 1944
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 51
1858 - 1912
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 52
1858 - 1943
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 53
1858 - 1918
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 54
1858 - 1928
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 55
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 54
1873 - 1938
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 55
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 56
1871 - 1938
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 57
1859 - 1938
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 58
1883 - 1938
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 59
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 60
1885 - 1938
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 61
1877 - 1938
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 62
1863 - 1938
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 63
1851 - 1938
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 64
1881 - 1938
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 65
1891 - 1938
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, William Henry Pickering ranks 2,010 out of 15,968. Before him are Peter Agre (1949), Don Taylor (1920), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Maria Mitchell (1818), Eva Mendes (1974), and Justin Timberlake (1981). After him are Samuel Adams (1722), Bill Finger (1914), Donald J. Cram (1919), Perry Como (1912), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), and Ariana Grande (1993).
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 2,004
1920 - 1998
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,005
1911 - 1972
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,006
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,007
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,008
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,009
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,010
1722 - 1803
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,011
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,012
1919 - 2001
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,013
1912 - 2001
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,014
1843 - 1926
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,015
1993 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,016
Among astronomers born in United States, William Henry Pickering ranks 25. Before him are Frank Drake (1930), Harlow Shapley (1885), James Van Allen (1914), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Vesto Slipher (1875), and Maria Mitchell (1818). After him are Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), and George William Hill (1838).
1930 - Present
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 19
1885 - 1972
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 20
1914 - 2006
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 22
1875 - 1969
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 23
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 25
1837 - 1882
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 26
1825 - 1865
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 27
1864 - 1951
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 28
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 29
1928 - 1997
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 30
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 31