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Dorothea Klumpke

1861 - 1942

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Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (August 9, 1861 in San Francisco – October 5, 1942 in San Francisco) was an American astronomer. She was the Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, or a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea Klumpke is the 402nd most popular astronomer (down from 138th in 2019), the 5,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,828th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Dorothea Klumpke ranks 402 out of 644. Before her are Paris Pişmiş, Gustav Spörer, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Viktor Knorre, Alvan Graham Clark, and Henry E. Holt. After her are Ludwig Biermann, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jill Tarter, Michael E. Brown, Bart Bok, and Friedrich Tietjen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Dorothea Klumpke ranks 101. Before her are Ernest Renshaw, Karl Groos, Nikola Ivanov, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Kadambini Ganguly, and Helen Herron Taft. After her are Krikor Zohrab, Hannes Hafstein, Maximilian Harden, J. B. Bury, Anna Brigadere, and Bhikaiji Cama. Among people deceased in 1942, Dorothea Klumpke ranks 167. Before her are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Frank Irons, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Oskari Mantere, George Andrew Reisner, and Alberto Franchetti. After her are Zsigmond Móricz, Nicholas Adontz, Carl Sternheim, Valentin Loos, Zofia Zamenhof, and José Díaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothea Klumpke ranks 5,906 out of 20,380. Before her are Dot Jones (1964), Henry E. Holt (1929), Helen Morgan (1900), Christine Lahti (1950), Sid Haig (1939), and Yoshi Oyakawa (1933). After her are Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Nathan East (1955), Og Mandino (1923), Savanna Samson (1967), Paul Reubens (1952), and Tim Sweeney (1970).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Dorothea Klumpke ranks 77. Before her are James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Harold D. Babcock (1882), James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and Henry E. Holt (1929). After her are Jill Tarter (1944), Michael E. Brown (1965), George Herbig (1920), Herbert Friedman (1916), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and Horace W. Babcock (1912).

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