ASTRONOMER

Harold D. Babcock

1882 - 1968

Photo of Harold D. Babcock

Icon of person Harold D. Babcock

Harold Delos Babcock (January 24, 1882 – April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer and the father of Horace W. Babcock. He was of English and German ancestry. He was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin, before completing high school in Los Angeles and was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley in 1901. He worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1907 until 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold D. Babcock is the 390th most popular astronomer (up from 412th in 2019), the 5,718th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,363rd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Harold D. Babcock by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Harold D. Babcock ranks 390 out of 644. Before him are David H. Levy, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Ercole Dembowski, James Edward Keeler, Albrecht Unsöld, and Margaret Geller. After him are Vera Gaze, Nathaniel Bliss, Louis Boyer, Chushiro Hayashi, James Gunn, and Paris Pişmiş.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Harold D. Babcock ranks 175. Before him are Simon Vratsian, Seán T. O'Kelly, Huseyn Javid, Pascual Orozco, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Leonhard Frank. After him are Lydia Lipkowska, Mykhailo Boychuk, Osip Piatnitsky, Bill Tuttle, James Somerville, and Aleksander Skrzyński. Among people deceased in 1968, Harold D. Babcock ranks 137. Before him are Panagiotis Pavlidis, Alexander Gelfond, Joseph Keilberth, Dorothy Garrod, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Leo Huberman. After him are Jón Leifs, Vasyl Makukh, Maurice Verdonck, Joseph Pholien, Nikifor, and Johann Horvath.

Others Born in 1882

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1968

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold D. Babcock ranks 5,718 out of 20,380. Before him are Maceo Parker (1943), Eileen Heckart (1919), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), Steve Cropper (1941), Robert Keohane (1941), and John Stamos (1963). After him are Robert Darnton (1939), Raymond Cruz (1961), Don Felder (1947), Grace Sherwood (1660), Jon Postel (1943), and Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Harold D. Babcock ranks 73. Before him are Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Lewis Boss (1846), Robert Herman (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), James Edward Keeler (1857), and Margaret Geller (1947). After him are James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Henry E. Holt (1929), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Jill Tarter (1944), and Michael E. Brown (1965).

American born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous