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Edward Charles Pickering

1846 - 1919

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Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Charles Pickering is the 104th most popular astronomer (up from 114th in 2019), the 1,320th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,574th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 104 out of 644. Before him are Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, Tom Gehrels, and Walter Sydney Adams. After him are David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, August Kopff, and Stephen Gray.

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Among people born in 1846, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 14. Before him are George Westinghouse, Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. After him are Gaston Maspero, Émile Gallé, Eusebi Güell, Nectarios of Aegina, Anna Dostoevskaya, and Tokugawa Iemochi. Among people deceased in 1919, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 27. Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, L. Frank Baum, Johannes Rydberg, Loránd Eötvös, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Kurt Eisner. After him are Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Leonid Andreyev, Sophia Tolstaya, Habibullah Khan, Franz Mehring, and Henry J. Heinz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 1,320 out of 20,380. Before him are Morgan Fairchild (1950), Meg Ryan (1961), Jerry Lawler (1949), Forest Whitaker (1961), Big Show (1972), and Martha Graham (1894). After him are Michael Kors (1959), Stanley Miller (1930), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Virginia Satir (1916), Jennifer Jones (1919), and Donald Rumsfeld (1932).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Charles Pickering ranks 19. Before him are Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Percival Lowell (1855), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), George O. Abell (1927), and Henry Norris Russell (1877). After him are Lewis A. Swift (1820), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), James Van Allen (1914), Frank Drake (1930), Maria Mitchell (1818), and Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929).

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