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Edward Emerson Barnard

1857 - 1923

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Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Emerson Barnard is the 69th most popular astronomer (up from 88th in 2019), the 913th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,191st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Astronomer.

Edward Emerson Barnard is most famous for his discovery of the first nova, Nova Aurigae, in 1892.

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Among astronomers, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 69 out of 644. Before him are Antonie Pannekoek, John Flamsteed, Fred Hoyle, Gerard Kuiper, Johann Franz Encke, and Max Wolf. After him are Annibale de Gasparis, Simon Marius, Vera Rubin, Albert Marth, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, and Pierre Méchain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 24. Before him are Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, and Andrija Mohorovičić. After him are Axel Munthe, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, and Thorstein Veblen. Among people deceased in 1923, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 18. Before him are Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Edward W. Morley, Joaquín Sorolla, Édouard Stephan, Julius Martov, and Dietrich Eckart. After him are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Pierre Loti, Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, Hertha Ayrton, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 913 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Hofstadter (1915), Chris Isaak (1956), Tippi Hedren (1930), Thomas Friedman (1953), H. H. Holmes (1861), and John Huston (1906). After him are Farrah Fawcett (1947), Roy Orbison (1936), Pete Seeger (1919), Edwin S. Porter (1870), George Cukor (1899), and Alfred Kinsey (1894).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward Emerson Barnard ranks 11. Before him are Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Vesto Slipher (1875), Asaph Hall (1829), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), and William Alfred Fowler (1911). After him are Vera Rubin (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Percival Lowell (1855), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), and George O. Abell (1927).

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