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Charles Greeley Abbot

1872 - 1973

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Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 – December 17, 1973) was an American astrophysicist and the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1928 until 1944. Abbot went from being director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to becoming Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution over the course of his career. As an astrophysicist, he researched the solar constant, research that led him to invent the solar cooker, solar boiler, solar still, and other patented solar energy inventions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Greeley Abbot is the 31st most popular astronomer (down from 25th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from United States (down from 376th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Astronomer.

Charles Greeley Abbot is most famous for his work in the field of astronomy. He was a pioneer in the study of meteorites and asteroids, and he also helped to establish the observatory at the Smithsonian Institution.

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Among astronomers, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 31 out of 644. Before him are Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, and Riccardo Giacconi. After him are Giovanni Schiaparelli, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Johann Palisa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, and William Lassell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 9. Before him are Haakon VII of Norway, Bertrand Russell, Alexandra Feodorovna, Richard Willstätter, Alexandra Kollontai, and Calvin Coolidge. After him are Johan Huizinga, Edith Wilson, Emil Hácha, Léon Blum, Paul Langevin, and Anton Denikin. Among people deceased in 1973, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 24. Before him are Hans Kelsen, Henri Charrière, Abebe Bikila, John Ford, Karl Ziegler, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are Anna Magnani, Ferdinand Schörner, Max Horkheimer, Ragnar Frisch, Pablo Casals, and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 418 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Compton (1892), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Antony Blinken (1962), O. Henry (1862), Tim Burton (1958), and Glenn Close (1947). After him are Shirley MacLaine (1934), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Barbara McClintock (1902), Ivanka Trump (1981), Harvey Keitel (1939), and Leonard Bloomfield (1887).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Charles Greeley Abbot ranks 5. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Carl Sagan (1934), and Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958). After him are Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vesto Slipher (1875), Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), and Vera Rubin (1928).

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