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A. E. Douglass

1867 - 1962

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A. E. (Andrew Ellicott) Douglass (July 5, 1867 in Windsor, Vermont – March 20, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American astronomer. He discovered a correlation between tree rings and the sunspot cycle, and founded the discipline of dendrochronology, which is a method of dating wood by analyzing the growth ring pattern. He started his discoveries in this field in 1894 when he was working at the Lowell Observatory. During this time he was an assistant to Percival Lowell, but fell out with him when his experiments made him doubt the existence of artificial "canals" on Mars and visible spokes on Venus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. E. Douglass is the 589th most popular astronomer (down from 572nd in 2019), the 11,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,299th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, A. E. Douglass ranks 589 out of 644. Before him are Dorrit Hoffleit, Philip Herbert Cowell, Osamu Muramatsu, Satoru Otomo, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, and Bruce C. Murray. After him are Alan Hale, Jana Tichá, Christian Pollas, Matthew J. Holman, Gary Hug, and Lenka Kotková.

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Among people born in 1867, A. E. Douglass ranks 154. Before him are William Dod, Edith Hamilton, Anders Peter Nielsen, Flora Finch, Alec B. Francis, and Lillian Wald. After him are Arthur Streeton, Hobart Bosworth, George Luks, Patrick Joseph Hayes, William Lashly, and Eoin MacNeill. Among people deceased in 1962, A. E. Douglass ranks 219. Before him are R. H. Tawney, Robinson Jeffers, Frank Amyot, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Augusta Savage, and Paul Boffa. After him are Louise Fazenda, Léon Binoche, Ludwig Bemelmans, Ernie Kovacs, Luis Alberni, and Peter Ryan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 11,818 out of 20,380. Before him are Rip Taylor (1931), Joe Walsh (1961), Bill Watterson (1958), Francis Johnson (1910), Randy Barnes (1966), and Loren Shriver (1944). After him are Dolores Fuller (1923), Henry M. Jackson (1912), Jodi Benson (1961), Richard Price (1949), Ed Flanders (1934), and Jeff Teague (1988).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, A. E. Douglass ranks 123. Before him are Thomas Bopp (1949), John August Anderson (1876), David Rittenhouse (1732), Peter Goldreich (1939), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), and Bruce C. Murray (1931). After him are Christian Pollas (1947), Matthew J. Holman (1967), David J. Tholen (1955), Chad Trujillo (1973), Jan Kleyna (2000), and Geoffrey Marcy (1954).

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