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Henry Draper

1837 - 1882

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Henry Draper (March 7, 1837 – November 20, 1882) was an American medical doctor and amateur astronomer. He is best known today as a pioneer of astrophotography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Draper is the 179th most popular astronomer (down from 140th in 2019), the 2,358th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,840th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Henry Draper ranks 179 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Robert Grant Aitken, Franz Xaver von Zach, Guillaume Bigourdan, Nikolai Chernykh, and Jean Picard. After him are Seleucus of Seleucia, Adriaan Blaauw, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Gan De, and Norman Lockyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Henry Draper ranks 41. Before him are Joseph Bell, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Pierre Auguste Cot, Georg Ebers, and Nell Arthur. After him are Alexandre Guilmant, Carolus-Duran, Théodore Dubois, Algernon Charles Swinburne, James Murray, and Theodore Gill. Among people deceased in 1882, Henry Draper ranks 29. Before him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Mary Todd Lincoln, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Ewelina Hańska, and Jørgen Moe. After him are Mikhail Skobelev, Henri Giffard, Joachim Raff, Anthony Trollope, Henry Cole, and János Arany.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Draper ranks 2,358 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Wilber (1949), Michael Bay (1965), Paul Schrader (1946), Tony Levin (1946), Jorge Garcia (1973), and Larry Bird (1956). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Rob Reiner (1947), Mark W. Clark (1896), Peter Criss (1945), Billy Zane (1966), and Coolio (1963).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Henry Draper ranks 31. Before him are Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), William Henry Pickering (1858), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Harlow Shapley (1885), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), and Robert Grant Aitken (1864). After him are George Phillips Bond (1825), George William Hill (1838), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), J. Allen Hynek (1910), and Nancy Roman (1925).

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