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Francis Preserved Leavenworth

1858 - 1928

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Francis Preserved Leavenworth (September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana – November 12, 1928; a.k.a. Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer. He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone. They used a telescope with a 66-cm aperture at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Preserved Leavenworth is the 194th most popular astronomer (up from 218th in 2019), the 2,628th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,025th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 194 out of 644. Before him are Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, George William Hill, Johann Daniel Titius, and Otto Struve. After him are Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Andreas Cellarius, J. Allen Hynek, Ali Qushji, and Nancy Roman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 56. Before him are Constance Lloyd, Ethel Smyth, Alois Riegl, Jan Toorop, Saitō Makoto, and John Russell. After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Bonar Law, Roland Bonaparte, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Joséphin Péladan, and Caran d'Ache. Among people deceased in 1928, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 37. Before him are Antonio Abetti, Alvin Kraenzlein, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Ebenezer Howard, Jan Toorop, and Hideyo Noguchi. After him are Pavel Axelrod, Lala Lajpat Rai, José Sánchez del Río, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Léon Duguit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 2,628 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Kasner (1878), John de Lancie (1948), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Kirsten Dunst (1982), and Joan Rivers (1933). After him are Jim Henson (1936), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Robert Trujillo (1964), Samuel Fuller (1912), John Barrymore (1882), and Frederick Schule (1879).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Francis Preserved Leavenworth ranks 34. Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), and George William Hill (1838). After him are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), J. Allen Hynek (1910), Nancy Roman (1925), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), and George Ellery Hale (1868).

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