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Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928

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Edward Walter Maunder (12 April 1851 – 21 March 1928) was a British astronomer. His study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle led to his identification of the period from 1645 to 1715 that is now known as the Maunder Minimum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Walter Maunder is the 269th most popular astronomer (down from 159th in 2019), the 2,255th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Edward Walter Maunder ranks 269 out of 644. Before him are Dominique, comte de Cassini, Vladimir Albitsky, Hermann von Struve, Fyodor Bredikhin, Zdeňka Vávrová, and Wilhelm Julius Foerster. After him are Aleksander Wolszczan, Cleostratus, Gottfried Kirch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sandra Faber, and Daniel Kirkwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Edward Walter Maunder ranks 48. Before him are Theodor Lipps, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Alois Jirásek, Luis Ricardo Falero, Taytu Betul, and Roque Sáenz Peña. After him are Émile Boirac, Melvil Dewey, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, David Starr Jordan, Charles Chamberland, and Anton Haus. Among people deceased in 1928, Edward Walter Maunder ranks 55. Before him are Narayana Guru, Medardo Rosso, Hannah Chaplin, Karl Röderer, Adolphe Appia, and Gustave Ador. After him are Emil Wiechert, Frank Dicksee, Mauritz Stiller, Robert Lansing, Anita Berber, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Walter Maunder ranks 2,255 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Blunt (1907), Robert Broom (1866), John Houghton (1931), Johnny Herbert (1964), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), and Andy Gibb (1958). After him are Katie Johnson (1878), Alexander Wilson (1766), Joe Davis (1901), Anna Sewell (1820), Jimmy Jones (1928), and Isabella Beeton (1836).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Edward Walter Maunder ranks 35. Before him are John Bevis (1695), Francis Baily (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Alfred Fowler (1868), and James Ferguson (1710). After him are Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), David Gill (1843), and John Machin (1680).

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