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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

1824 - 1896

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Apthorp Gould is the 318th most popular astronomer (down from 280th in 2019), the 4,590th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,096th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 318 out of 644. Before him are Guido Bonatti, Michael H. Hart, Frank Elmore Ross, Hendrik van Gent, Karl Christian Bruhns, and Michael van Langren. After him are Milton L. Humason, Niccolò Zucchi, Georges Rayet, Oenopides, Christoph Arnold, and Edward Sabine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 50. Before him are Vladimir Stasov, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Avram Iancu, Branko Radičević, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Francesc Pi i Margall. After him are Antonio Ghislanzoni, Juliusz Kossak, Alexander William Williamson, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Alexey Bogolyubov, and Wilhelm Hofmeister. Among people deceased in 1896, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 51. Before him are Jules Simon, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Stamata Revithi, Emma Darwin, and Rainilaiarivony. After him are Giuseppe Fiorelli, Simeon Bavier, Charilaos Trikoupis, Ferdinand von Mueller, Walthère Frère-Orban, and Carl Humann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 4,590 out of 20,380. Before him are James Forrestal (1892), Elliott Carter (1908), Ken Myers (1896), John Stagliano (1951), Desireé Cousteau (1956), and Sandra Day O'Connor (1930). After him are Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Howard Da Silva (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Paul Volcker (1927), Dean Smith (1932), and Charles Evans Hughes (1862).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Benjamin Apthorp Gould ranks 59. Before him are James W. Christy (1938), Eugene Parker (1927), Frank Muller (1862), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Michael H. Hart (1932), and Frank Elmore Ross (1874). After him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Allan Sandage (1926), James L. Elliot (1943), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), and Albert George Wilson (1918).

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