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William Robert Brooks

1844 - 1921

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William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 – May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Robert Brooks has received more than 25,059 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Robert Brooks is the 167th most popular astronomer (up from 461st in 2019), the 1,408th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,963rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Robert Brooks ranks 167 out of 644. Before him are Franz Xaver von Zach, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Norman Lockyer, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Williamina Fleming, and Harlow Shapley. After him are Luboš Kohoutek, Hubert Reeves, Michael H. Hart, J. Allen Hynek, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, William Robert Brooks ranks 36. Before him are Charles-Émile Reynaud, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, Thomas Eakins, Henry J. Heinz, and Victorine Meurent. After him are Mihály Munkácsy, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Édouard Branly, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Princess Françoise of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1921, William Robert Brooks ranks 47. Before him are Vladimir Korolenko, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Jean-Paul Laurens, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Hermann Paul. After him are Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Juhani Aho, Max Dvořák, Lady Randolph Churchill, and Adolf von Hildebrand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robert Brooks ranks 1,408 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Herbert Pitman (1877), Michael Owen (1979), James Bruce (1730), William George Horner (1786), and Vinnie Jones (1965). After him are Christine McVie (1943), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Geezer Butler (1949), Duncan Haldane (1951), William Murdoch (1754), and Alice Bailey (1880).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Robert Brooks ranks 24. Before him are George Biddell Airy (1801), John Russell Hind (1823), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), James Glaisher (1809), Norman Lockyer (1836), and Williamina Fleming (1857). After him are Margaret Burbidge (1919), N. R. Pogson (1829), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Francis Baily (1774), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), and James Ferguson (1797).

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