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Anne Sewell Young

1871 - 1961

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Anne Sewell Young (January 2, 1871 – August 15, 1961) was an American astronomer. She was an astronomy professor at Mount Holyoke College for 37 years. Her influence on the astronomy program at Mount Holyoke was profound, and lasted far beyond her own time as one of the eight members of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Sewell Young is the 530th most popular astronomer (up from 548th in 2019), the 8,539th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,303rd in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Anne Sewell Young ranks 530 out of 644. Before her are Royal Harwood Frost, Grove Karl Gilbert, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Matvey Gusev, Marc Aaronson, and Kiichirō Furukawa. After her are György Kulin, David Todd Wilkinson, Ewine van Dishoeck, Frank Shu, Kenzo Suzuki, and Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Anne Sewell Young ranks 150. Before her are Jan Kotěra, Wilfred Lucas, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Richard Gunn, Johan Anker, and Max Bodenstein. After her are Nikodem Caro, Boris Galerkin, Theodor Pallady, Heinrich Schroth, Sakai Toshihiko, and William Diller Matthew. Among people deceased in 1961, Anne Sewell Young ranks 166. Before her are Eliseo Mouriño, Ferdinand Bie, Richard Gunn, Paul Deman, Harry Ryan, and Suryakant Tripathi. After her are Albert Oldman, Ruth Chatterton, Francesco Severi, Frances Schroth, Robert L. Eichelberger, and Max Hainle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Sewell Young ranks 8,541 out of 20,380. Before her are Ron Woodroof (1950), John Holt (1923), Vanessa Blue (1974), Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), and Alice Catherine Evans (1881). After her are Robert Coover (1932), Robert Young (1907), Michael Flatley (1958), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Lewis Sheldon (1874), and Robert Blust (1940).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Anne Sewell Young ranks 106. Before her are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), and Marc Aaronson (1950). After her are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Benjamin Banneker (1731), John Huchra (1948), John N. Bahcall (1934), Adelaide Ames (1900), and Roy A. Tucker (1951).

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