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William Wallace Campbell

1862 - 1938

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William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Wallace Campbell has received more than 86,572 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Wallace Campbell is the 249th most popular astronomer (down from 204th in 2019), the 3,556th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,112th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Wallace Campbell ranks 249 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Jean Fernel, Wilhelm von Biela, César-François Cassini de Thury, Oenopides, and Vesto Slipher. After him are Svetlana Gerasimenko, Bengt Strömgren, Charles Wolf, Laurent Cassegrain, Klim Churyumov, and Joel Hastings Metcalf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, William Wallace Campbell ranks 76. Before him are Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Wil van Gogh, Mykola Pymonenko, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Theodor Boveri, and Friedrich Meinecke. After him are Alexander Guchkov, Robert Ford, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Charles Evans Hughes, Vilhelm Bjerknes, and Maurice Emmanuel. Among people deceased in 1938, William Wallace Campbell ranks 110. Before him are E. C. Segar, Egon Friedell, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Gustav Klutsis, and Miguel Cabanellas. After him are Rudolf Stammler, Saken Seifullin, Ramón Franco, Maurice Emmanuel, Ahn Changho, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wallace Campbell ranks 3,556 out of 20,380. Before him are Marshall Bell (1942), Warren Weaver (1894), Jerry Garcia (1942), Joe Spinell (1936), Dolley Madison (1768), and Kamehameha V (1830). After him are Kate Jackson (1948), Bobby Jones (1902), David Ogden Stiers (1942), Dan Flavin (1933), Edmond O'Brien (1915), and Diana Hyland (1936).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, William Wallace Campbell ranks 41. Before him are Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Milton L. Humason (1891), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), George William Hill (1838), Nancy Roman (1925), and Vesto Slipher (1875). After him are Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Sandra Faber (1944), George Ellery Hale (1868), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), and Seth Carlo Chandler (1846).

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