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George Herbig

1920 - 2013

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George Howard Herbig (January 2, 1920 – October 12, 2013) was an American astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Herbig is the 415th most popular astronomer (up from 435th in 2019), the 6,135th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,654th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, George Herbig ranks 415 out of 644. Before him are Georg Marcgrave, John Pond, Eise Eisinga, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Johann III Bernoulli, and Harry Edwin Wood. After him are Zinaida Aksentyeva, Carlyle S. Beals, Stéphane Javelle, Odette Bancilhon, Herbert Friedman, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Herbig ranks 268. Before him are Henry Eriksson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mustafa Khalil, Bengt Ekerot, Eugênio Sales, and Anne-Cath. Vestly. After him are Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, Ross Martin, Maxi Herber, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Roy Jenkins. Among people deceased in 2013, George Herbig ranks 271. Before him are Hasse Jeppson, Alla Kushnir, Anthony Caro, Eydie Gormé, Judit Temes, and Otis Bowen. After him are Vincenzo Cerami, Hartmut Briesenick, Marc Rich, Zhuang Zedong, Israel Gutman, and Huell Howser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Herbig ranks 6,135 out of 20,380. Before him are Lewis Terman (1877), Otis Bowen (1918), Dexter Holland (1965), Jacob Perkins (1766), Barry Jenkins (1979), and Jamie Gillis (1943). After him are Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Alice Hamilton (1869), Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974), Hart Crane (1899), and Cameron Mitchell (1918).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George Herbig ranks 80. Before him are James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Henry E. Holt (1929), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Jill Tarter (1944), and Michael E. Brown (1965). After him are Herbert Friedman (1916), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Schelte J. Bus (1956), and Paul W. Merrill (1887).

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