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Edward S. Holden

1846 - 1914

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Edward Singleton Holden (November 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward S. Holden is the 486th most popular astronomer (up from 528th in 2019), the 7,403rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,422nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward S. Holden ranks 486 out of 644. Before him are William Frederick Denning, Otto Heckmann, Adam Riess, Patrick Moore, Lutz D. Schmadel, and William de Wiveleslie Abney. After him are Walter Frederick Gale, Mary Watson Whitney, Pelageya Shajn, Cleveland Abbe, Kaoru Ikeya, and Guillermo Haro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Edward S. Holden ranks 98. Before him are Paul Déroulède, Karol Olszewski, Zygmunt Noskowski, Svatopluk Čech, Rose Cleveland, and László Paál. After him are Carrie Nation, Arsène Darmesteter, Pieter Cort van der Linden, Eugen Baumann, Marco Aurelio Soto, and Nikolay Umov. Among people deceased in 1914, Edward S. Holden ranks 117. Before him are Eugène Balme, Anselmo Lorenzo, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Paul Déroulède, Tor Aulin, and John Philip Holland. After him are Daniel De Leon, Robert Hugh Benson, Karolina Kózka, Ida Freund, Christopher Cradock, and Margaret E. Knight.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward S. Holden ranks 7,405 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Spinrad (1940), Edgar Winter (1946), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Josh Hutcherson (1992), Tom Kane (1962), and William Gibson (1914). After him are Ashrita Furman (1954), Daniel von Bargen (1950), Elliot See (1927), Drea de Matteo (1972), Michael Harner (1929), and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Edward S. Holden ranks 93. Before him are Frank Schlesinger (1871), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), Carolyn Porco (1953), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), and Adam Riess (1969). After him are Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Margaret Harwood (1885), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), and Edwin Foster Coddington (1870).

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