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Heber Doust Curtis

1872 - 1942

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Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. He participated in 11 expeditions for the study of solar eclipses, and, as an advocate and theorist that additional galaxies existed outside of the Milky Way, was involved in the 1920 Shapley–Curtis Debate concerning the size and galactic structure of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heber Doust Curtis is the 282nd most popular astronomer (up from 362nd in 2019), the 3,997th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,359th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 282 out of 644. Before him are Antonia Maury, Marguerite Laugier, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, André-Louis Danjon, Geminiano Montanari, and Philibert Jacques Melotte. After him are Raymond Smith Dugan, Harold Spencer Jones, James W. Christy, Jean Fernel, Richard Martin West, and Laurent Cassegrain.

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Among people born in 1872, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 85. Before him are George S. Robertson, Henri Masson, Joseph Taylor Robinson, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Traian Vuia, and Miguel Cabanellas. After him are Akhmet Baitursynov, Marian Smoluchowski, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Jaan Teemant, William Larned, and Elia Dalla Costa. Among people deceased in 1942, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 107. Before him are Thomas Xenakis, Carola Neher, Dorando Pietri, Rudolf Spielmann, Gabriel Terra, and Renia Spiegel. After him are Jure Francetić, Kaarel Eenpalu, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Otto Herschmann, Heinrich Vogeler, and Demetrios Petrokokkinos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 3,997 out of 20,380. Before him are Jackie Stallone (1921), Scott Walker (1967), Steve Harvey (1957), Shirley Jones (1934), Katherine Heigl (1978), and Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818). After him are Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Jennifer Rush (1960), Vince Gilligan (1967), Robert Gallo (1937), Newt Gingrich (1943), and Michael Stipe (1960).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Heber Doust Curtis ranks 51. Before him are William Cranch Bond (1789), Halton Arp (1927), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Sandra Faber (1944), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), and Antonia Maury (1866). After him are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), James W. Christy (1938), Eugene Parker (1927), Frank Muller (1862), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), and Michael H. Hart (1932).

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