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Forest Ray Moulton

1872 - 1952

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Forest Ray Moulton (April 29, 1872 – December 7, 1952) was an American astronomer. He was the brother of Harold G. Moulton, a noted economist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Forest Ray Moulton is the 497th most popular astronomer (down from 475th in 2019), the 7,607th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,723rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 497 out of 644. Before him are Kaoru Ikeya, Guillermo Haro, Wilhelm Anderson, Luciano Tesi, Arno Arthur Wachmann, and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco. After him are Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Robert H. McNaught, and Edwin Foster Coddington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 161. Before him are Otto Witte, Julio Acosta García, Henri Hubert, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Wivi Lönn, and Mehdi Frashëri. After him are Manuel Márquez Sterling, Walter Wild, Adolphe Grisel, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Anna von Mildenburg, and Otto Bahr Halvorsen. Among people deceased in 1952, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 145. Before him are Richard Johansson, Guido Castelnuovo, Sándor Pósta, Jack Conway, Billy Hughes, and Gregory La Cava. After him are Fartein Valen, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Italo Montemezzi, Henriette Roland Holst, Louis Wirth, and Aleksandr Andronov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 7,609 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Kober (1906), Rod Serling (1924), Janis Paige (1922), Francis Spellman (1889), Ruby Bridges (1954), and Daniel J. Boorstin (1914). After him are Regis Philbin (1931), Edmund Wilson (1895), Margaret Harwood (1885), George Kennan (1845), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), and Margaret Avery (1944).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Forest Ray Moulton ranks 96. Before him are Carolyn Porco (1953), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Adam Riess (1969), Edward S. Holden (1846), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), and Cleveland Abbe (1838). After him are Margaret Harwood (1885), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), and Royal Harwood Frost (1879).

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