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Albert George Wilson

1918 - 2012

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Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 – August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; his thesis title was Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid advised by Harry Bateman. In 1949, he accepted a job at Palomar Observatory, and led the Palomar Sky Survey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert George Wilson is the 358th most popular astronomer (down from 289th in 2019), the 5,188th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,158th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Albert George Wilson ranks 358 out of 644. Before him are Cyril Jackson, Heikki A. Alikoski, Marc William Buie, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Johann Gottfried Köhler, and Stephen P. Synnott. After him are Otto Lesser, Maurice Loewy, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Paul Götz, Alvan Clark, and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger.

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Among people born in 1918, Albert George Wilson ranks 166. Before him are Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Oles Honchar, Ted Williams, Helen Stephens, Kazuo Sakamaki, and Patachou. After him are Sandro Puppo, Arthur Chung, Alfredo Ovando Candía, Peter Poreku Dery, Bruno Zevi, and Art Carney. Among people deceased in 2012, Albert George Wilson ranks 206. Before him are Rajesh Khanna, Eve Arnold, Claude Pinoteau, Shukri Ghanem, Lakshmi Sahgal, and Tommy Godwin. After him are Christian Marin, Andy Griffith, Jon Finch, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Ċensu Tabone, and Simin Daneshvar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert George Wilson ranks 5,188 out of 20,380. Before him are Claire Danes (1979), Emily Deschanel (1976), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Jackson Showalter (1860), Kate Walsh (1967), and Robert H. Dicke (1916). After him are Philip Morrison (1915), Ted Cassidy (1932), Ken Walsh (1945), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and George Burns (1896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Albert George Wilson ranks 65. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Milton L. Humason (1891), Allan Sandage (1926), James L. Elliot (1943), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), and Stephen P. Synnott (1946). After him are Alvan Clark (1804), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Lewis Boss (1846), Robert Herman (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), and James Edward Keeler (1857).

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