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Alvan Graham Clark

1832 - 1897

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Alvan Graham Clark (July 10, 1832 – June 9, 1897) was an American astronomer and telescope-maker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alvan Graham Clark is the 400th most popular astronomer (down from 367th in 2019), the 5,870th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,482nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 400 out of 644. Before him are Chushiro Hayashi, James Gunn, Paris Pişmiş, Gustav Spörer, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, and Viktor Knorre. After him are Henry E. Holt, Dorothea Klumpke, Ludwig Biermann, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jill Tarter, and Michael E. Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 65. Before him are Colin Archer, Leslie Stephen, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Pavel Chistyakov, Johann Joseph Abert, and Lina Sandell. After him are Lucretia Garfield, Miroslav Tyrš, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Larin Paraske, and Max Lange. Among people deceased in 1897, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 57. Before him are Dimitrie Ghica, Rutherford Alcock, Lea Ahlborn, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Édouard Deldevez, and Japetus Steenstrup. After him are Jules de Burlet, William Henry Conley, Heinrich von Stephan, James Legge, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, and Aleko Konstantinov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 5,870 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard N. Frye (1920), Walter Sutton (1877), Ralph Hartley (1888), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), Gus Hall (1910), and Arleigh Burke (1901). After him are Michael Cole (1968), Mark Tornillo (1954), Paul J. Weitz (1932), Syd Field (1935), Mary Blair (1911), and Woody Herman (1913).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Alvan Graham Clark ranks 75. Before him are Robert Herman (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Harold D. Babcock (1882), and James Gunn (1938). After him are Henry E. Holt (1929), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Jill Tarter (1944), Michael E. Brown (1965), George Herbig (1920), and Herbert Friedman (1916).

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