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Arthur B. McDonald

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Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 2006 to 2013. He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur B. McDonald is the 84th most popular astronomer (down from 68th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Canada (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Arthur B. McDonald ranks 84 out of 644. Before him are Wilhelm Tempel, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Antony Hewish, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, John Russell Hind, and Percival Lowell. After him are Karl Ludwig Harding, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, George O. Abell, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Petrus Apianus, and Pieter van Musschenbroek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arthur B. McDonald ranks 65. Before him are Pervez Musharraf, Peter Zumthor, Mario Botta, Leonardo Sandri, Esma Redžepova, and Andreas Baader. After him are Masaru Emoto, Terrence Malick, Finn E. Kydland, Sam Shepard, Neale Donald Walsch, and Klaus Maria Brandauer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Arthur B. McDonald ranks 45 out of 1,622. Before him are William Shatner (1931), William Vickrey (1914), James Naismith (1861), Jim Peebles (1935), Henry Clinton (1730), and John Sparrow David Thompson (1845). After him are Robert Mundell (1932), Maye Musk (1948), Pamela Anderson (1967), Charles Tupper (1821), Drake (1986), and Marc Ouellet (1944).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, Arthur B. McDonald ranks 1. After him are James Craig Watson (1838), Hubert Reeves (1932), David H. Levy (1948), Carlyle S. Beals (1899), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), Wendy Freedman (1957), Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), Dale Frail (1961), and Linda A. Morabito (1953).

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