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Catherine Wolfe Bruce

1816 - 1900

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Catherine Wolfe Bruce (January 22, 1816 – March 13, 1900) was a noted American philanthropist and patron of astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Wolfe Bruce is the 443rd most popular astronomer (down from 258th in 2019), the 6,546th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,731st in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 443 out of 644. Before her are Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Otto August Rosenberger, Robert Julius Trumpler, Ralph Copeland, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and Ernest Leonard Johnson. After her are Willem Jacob Luyten, Lipót Schulhof, Schelte J. Bus, Paul W. Merrill, Vladimir Kotelnikov, and Joseph Helffrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 44. Before her are Jean Frédéric Frenet, Moritz Steinschneider, William Sterndale Bennett, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, Stephen Allen Benson, and Jubal Early. After her are Grace Aguilar, Andrei Mureșanu, C. A. Rosetti, August Wilhelm Ambros, Richard Leach Maddox, and Filippo Parlatore. Among people deceased in 1900, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 78. Before her are Karl Doppler, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Albert Bernhard Frank, John Anderson, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, and Sigbjørn Obstfelder. After her are Dmitry Grigorovich, Émile Blanchard, Ali Shah Durrani, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Dankmar Adler, and Antoine Vollon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 6,547 out of 20,380. Before her are Emily Procter (1968), Jubal Early (1816), Ronee Blakley (1945), Harry Cohn (1891), Tyrese Gibson (1978), and Elizabeth Allen (1929). After her are Julian Castro (1974), Debbie Allen (1950), Art Langley (1896), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), and Debra Messing (1968).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Catherine Wolfe Bruce ranks 84. Before her are Jill Tarter (1944), Michael E. Brown (1965), George Herbig (1920), Herbert Friedman (1916), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and Horace W. Babcock (1912). After her are Schelte J. Bus (1956), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), and Carolyn Porco (1953).

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