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Helen Sawyer Hogg

1905 - 1993

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Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (August 1, 1905 – January 28, 1993) was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astronomical organizations and a scientist when many universities would not award scientific degrees to women. Her dedication to sharing astronomy with the wider public lead to scientific advocacy and journalism including columns in the Toronto Star ("With the Stars", 1951–81) and the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ("Out of Old Books", 1946–65). She was considered a "great scientist and a gracious person" over a career of sixty years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Sawyer Hogg is the 526th most popular astronomer (up from 545th in 2019), the 8,324th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,925th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 526 out of 644. Before her are Charles Augustus Young, John Broughton, Barnaba Oriani, Yuji Hyakutake, Royal Harwood Frost, and Grove Karl Gilbert. After her are Matvey Gusev, Marc Aaronson, Kiichirō Furukawa, Anne Sewell Young, György Kulin, and David Todd Wilkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 307. Before her are Henri Guérin, László Raffinsky, Jorge Pardon, Sergey Nikolsky, Friederich Franzl, and Lev Kassil. After her are Erico Verissimo, John Van Ryn, Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, Zakaria Goneim, and Frank Hussey. Among people deceased in 1993, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 221. Before her are Tony Barton, John Hersey, Margarita Nikolaeva, Marjorie Clark, Janusz Sidło, and Zeno Colò. After her are Francisco Rúa, Kenny Drew, Francisco Zuluaga, Frithjof Ulleberg, Michael Klein, and Said Mohamed Jaffar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 8,326 out of 20,380. Before her are Leigh Harline (1907), Rita Gam (1927), Brian Shaw (1966), David Brown (1916), Ray Evans (1915), and Donald Johnston (1899). After her are James Eckhouse (1955), Michael Herr (1940), Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Carolee Schneemann (1939), and Adam Silver (1962).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Helen Sawyer Hogg ranks 104. Before her are Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), and Grove Karl Gilbert (1843). After her are Marc Aaronson (1950), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Benjamin Banneker (1731), John Huchra (1948), and John N. Bahcall (1934).

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