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Harry Edwin Wood

1881 - 1946

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Harry Edwin Wood (3 February 1881 – 27 February 1946) was an English astronomer, director of the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, and discoverer of minor planets. Wood was born in Manchester, graduating from Manchester University in 1902 with first class honours in physics, going on to gain an MSc in 1905. In 1906 he was appointed the Chief Assistant at the Transvaal Meteorological Observatory, which soon acquired telescopes and which became known as the Union Observatory and later Republic Observatory. In July 1906, he established South Africa's first 24-hour weather forecasts through telegraph in the Transvaal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Edwin Wood is the 414th most popular astronomer (down from 402nd in 2019), the 3,283rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,271st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Harry Edwin Wood ranks 414 out of 644. Before him are Friedrich Tietjen, Georg Marcgrave, John Pond, Eise Eisinga, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, and Johann III Bernoulli. After him are George Herbig, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Carlyle S. Beals, Stéphane Javelle, Odette Bancilhon, and Herbert Friedman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Harry Edwin Wood ranks 155. Before him are Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Zhang Zongchang, Ken McArthur, Jérôme Carcopino, Henri Le Fauconnier, and Alexandre Lippmann. After him are Henri Dentz, Howard Valentine, Eugénie Cotton, Eulalio Gutiérrez, Nikolai Roslavets, and Max Gerson. Among people deceased in 1946, Harry Edwin Wood ranks 153. Before him are Blanche Bingley, Louis Bachelier, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Federico Laredo Brú, Moisei Ginzburg, and Henri Le Fauconnier. After him are Rafael Erich, Amir Hamzah, William Wain Prior, Raimu, Juan Bautista Sacasa, and Júlio Prestes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Edwin Wood ranks 3,284 out of 8,785. Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Flora Sandes (1876), James Sowerby (1757), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), and John Bradley (1988). After him are Thomas Nuttall (1786), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), William Huskisson (1770), Patsy Kensit (1968), Terry-Thomas (1911), and Joe Wright (1972).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Harry Edwin Wood ranks 52. Before him are Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), and John Pond (1767). After him are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), William Robert Brooks (1844), Edward Pigott (1753), and William Frederick Denning (1848).

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