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Brian Schmidt

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Brian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Schmidt is the 383rd most popular astronomer (up from 442nd in 2019), the 5,612th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,737th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Brian Schmidt ranks 383 out of 644. Before him are Alenush Terian, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Tsutomu Seki, and Peter van de Kamp. After him are David H. Levy, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Ercole Dembowski, James Edward Keeler, Albrecht Unsöld, and Margaret Geller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Brian Schmidt ranks 154. Before him are Charb, Zinho, Henry Ian Cusick, Félix Savón, E-40, and Keith Urban. After him are Mamoru Hosoda, Sheryl Lee, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Yordan Letchkov, Mario Cipollini, and Basile Boli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Schmidt ranks 5,612 out of 20,380. Before him are James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Isaiah Washington (1963), Edward Chamberlin (1899), Larry Kudlow (1947), Barry Corbin (1940), and Rockmond Dunbar (1974). After him are Clem Burke (1954), Budd Boetticher (1916), Alice Paul (1885), Kid Ory (1886), Barbara Hale (1922), and Joel McCrea (1905).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Brian Schmidt ranks 70. Before him are Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Albert George Wilson (1918), Alvan Clark (1804), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Lewis Boss (1846), and Robert Herman (1914). After him are James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Harold D. Babcock (1882), James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and Henry E. Holt (1929).

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