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Benjamin Markarian

1913 - 1985

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Benjamin Egishevich Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies (including both starbursts and active galactic nuclei) known as Markarian galaxies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Markarian is the 309th most popular astronomer (up from 338th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Georgia (up from 158th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Benjamin Markarian ranks 309 out of 644. Before him are Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Philippe van Lansberge, Luigi Carnera, Charles Dillon Perrine, Guillaume Le Gentil, and Agrippa. After him are Charles Wolf, Hubert Reeves, Guido Bonatti, Michael H. Hart, Frank Elmore Ross, and Hendrik van Gent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Benjamin Markarian ranks 161. Before him are Stefan Heym, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Mouloud Feraoun, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Johann Niemann, and Vicente Calderón. After him are William P. Rogers, Charles Helou, Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Otto Wichterle, and Maria Tănase. Among people deceased in 1985, Benjamin Markarian ranks 115. Before him are Susanne Langer, Iosif Shklovsky, Georgia Hale, Dmitry Belyayev, Paul Castellano, and Oreco. After him are Robert Surtees, Julia Robinson, Omayra Sánchez, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Gale Sondergaard, and Gaston Rébuffat.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 123 out of 406. Before him are Pharasmanes I of Iberia (-50), Reşid Mehmed Pasha (1780), George XI of Kartli (1651), Nino Burjanadze (1964), Irakli Kobakhidze (1978), and Solomon II of Imereti (1772). After him are Alexander Svanidze (1886), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Koca Yusuf Pasha (1730), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), and Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Georgia

Among astronomers born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 3. Before him are Victor Ambartsumian (1908), and Grigory Neujmin (1886).

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