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Cleveland Abbe

1838 - 1916

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Cleveland Abbe (December 3, 1838 – October 28, 1916) was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. While director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1871-1916, he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts. In 1870, Congress established the U.S. Weather Bureau and inaugurated the use of daily weather forecasts. In recognition of his work, Abbe, who was often referred to as "Old Probability" for the reliability of his forecasts, was appointed the first head of the new service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleveland Abbe is the 490th most popular astronomer (down from 121st in 2019), the 7,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,640th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Cleveland Abbe ranks 490 out of 644. Before him are Lutz D. Schmadel, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Edward S. Holden, Walter Frederick Gale, Mary Watson Whitney, and Pelageya Shajn. After him are Kaoru Ikeya, Guillermo Haro, Wilhelm Anderson, Luciano Tesi, Arno Arthur Wachmann, and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Cleveland Abbe ranks 92. Before him are Marianne Cope, Emil Frey, Adam Asnyk, Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, Alexander Veselovsky, and Duleep Singh. After him are Gustav Neumann, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Marc Delafontaine, Stefanos Skouloudis, and Margaret E. Knight. Among people deceased in 1916, Cleveland Abbe ranks 126. Before him are Germán Riesco, Ștefan Luchian, Georgios Theotokis, Gabrielle Petit, Alfred Cogniaux, and Paul von Plehwe. After him are Giuseppe Pitrè, Joseph Jacobs, Guido Romano, Alfred Kleiner, Clements Markham, and Jørgen Pedersen Gram.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cleveland Abbe ranks 7,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Neal Stephenson (1959), Anne Shirley (1918), Raymond J. Barry (1939), Dan Duryea (1907), John Esposito (1940), and Lili Reinhart (1996). After him are Estelle Taylor (1894), Mary E. Peters (1948), Carol Shaw (1955), Mary Wickes (1910), Kevin Feige (1973), and Sasha Banks (1992).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Cleveland Abbe ranks 95. Before him are William Wilson Morgan (1906), Carolyn Porco (1953), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Adam Riess (1969), Edward S. Holden (1846), and Mary Watson Whitney (1847). After him are Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Margaret Harwood (1885), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), DeLisle Stewart (1870), and Charles Augustus Young (1834).

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