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Édouard Stephan

1837 - 1923

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Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan (31 August 1837 – 31 December 1923) was a French astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Édouard Stephan has received more than 31,727 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Édouard Stephan is the 112th most popular astronomer (up from 114th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Édouard Stephan ranks 112 out of 644. Before him are Jean Picard, Petrus Plancius, James Van Allen, Henry Norris Russell, Karl Ludwig Harding, and William Huggins. After him are Mary Somerville, Edward Charles Pickering, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Walter Sydney Adams, Heinrich Schwabe, and Frank Drake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Édouard Stephan ranks 29. Before him are Rosalía de Castro, Émile Waldteufel, Francis, Duke of Teck, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Vasily Radlov, and Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Abraham Kuyper, James Murray, Joseph Bell, Arnold Janssen, and Henry Draper. Among people deceased in 1923, Édouard Stephan ranks 30. Before him are Milena Vukotić, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Max Nordau, Raymond Radiguet, and Ernst Troeltsch. After him are Maurice Barrès, Edward W. Morley, Edith Södergran, Théophile Steinlen, Hovhannes Tumanyan, and Bonar Law.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard Stephan ranks 1,483 out of 6,770. Before him are Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), André Lhote (1885), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Jacques Charrier (1936), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Dominique Sanda (1948). After him are Pierre Duhem (1861), Paul Cornu (1881), Gaston, Count of Eu (1842), Jacques Becker (1906), Maurice Barrès (1862), and Michel Verne (1861).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Édouard Stephan ranks 9. Before him are Jérôme Lalande (1732), Pierre Janssen (1824), Pierre Méchain (1744), Jacques Cassini (1677), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), and Jean Picard (1620). After him are Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Auguste Charlois (1864), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), and Jean Chacornac (1823).

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