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George O. Abell

1927 - 1983

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George Ogden Abell (March 27, 1927 – October 7, 1983) was an American astronomer and professor. He taught at UCLA, primarily as a research astronomer. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from Caltech. He was a Ph.D. student under Donald Osterbrock. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George O. Abell is the 87th most popular astronomer (up from 389th in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,929th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, George O. Abell ranks 87 out of 644. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt, John Russell Hind, Percival Lowell, Arthur B. McDonald, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Eugene Merle Shoemaker. After him are Mariam al-Asturlabi, Petrus Apianus, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Jacques Cassini, Ferdinand Verbiest, and Varāhamihira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, George O. Abell ranks 51. Before him are Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, Sydney Brenner, William Perry, Hugo Pratt, and Geneviève Page. After him are Alan MacDiarmid, Romano Mussolini, Stan Getz, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, John Vane, and Daniel Keyes. Among people deceased in 1983, George O. Abell ranks 29. Before him are Alfred Tarski, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Anna Seghers, Aleksandar Ranković, and Gloria Swanson. After him are Luis Monti, Mercè Rodoreda, John Fante, Pridi Banomyong, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Kenneth Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George O. Abell ranks 1,164 out of 20,380. Before him are Kris Jenner (1955), Carole Lombard (1908), Robert Nozick (1938), George A. Romero (1940), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), and Toni Braxton (1967). After him are Matthew C. Perry (1794), Frank Caprio (1936), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Charles Best (1899), and John Dos Passos (1896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George O. Abell ranks 17. Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Vera Rubin (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Percival Lowell (1855), and Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928). After him are Henry Norris Russell (1877), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), James Van Allen (1914), and Frank Drake (1930).

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