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George William Hill

1838 - 1914

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George William Hill (March 3, 1838 – April 16, 1914) was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to celestial mechanics and to the theory of ordinary differential equations. The importance of his work was explicitly acknowledged by Henri Poincaré in 1905. In 1909 Hill was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal, "on the ground of his researches in mathematical astronomy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George William Hill is the 191st most popular astronomer (up from 225th in 2019), the 2,561st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,168th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, George William Hill ranks 191 out of 644. Before him are Norman Lockyer, George Phillips Bond, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. After him are Johann Daniel Titius, Otto Struve, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, and Andreas Cellarius.

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Among people born in 1838, George William Hill ranks 39. Before him are Fredrik Idestam, Jean-Paul Laurens, Jules Brunet, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Gustav von Schmoller, and Edwin Abbott Abbott. After him are Clemens Winkler, Henry Sidgwick, Lucien Olivier, Paolo Boselli, Vatroslav Jagić, and Joel Asaph Allen. Among people deceased in 1914, George William Hill ranks 40. Before him are Albert Günther, Theodor Kittelsen, George Speck, Christian Morgenstern, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Jurji Zaydan. After him are Julio Argentino Roca, Empress Shōken, Albéric Magnard, Ayub Khan, Giuseppe Mercalli, and Kitty Lange Kielland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George William Hill ranks 2,561 out of 20,380. Before him are Marvin Harris (1927), Mimi Rogers (1956), Edie Sedgwick (1943), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Lorraine Bracco (1954), and Casey Affleck (1975). After him are Bob Woodward (1943), Rosie Perez (1964), William Labov (1927), Glenn Frey (1948), Albert King (1923), and Nora Ephron (1941).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, George William Hill ranks 33. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Harlow Shapley (1885), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Henry Draper (1837), and George Phillips Bond (1825). After him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), J. Allen Hynek (1910), Nancy Roman (1925), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891).

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