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Henry L. Giclas

1910 - 2007

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Henry Lee Giclas (December 9, 1910 – April 2, 2007) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets. best known for hiring Robert Burnham Jr. at the Lowell Observatory. He worked on a notable proper motion survey with several relatively nearby stars bearing his name such as Giclas 99-49. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry L. Giclas is the 431st most popular astronomer (up from 445th in 2019), the 6,332nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,798th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Henry L. Giclas ranks 431 out of 644. Before him are Mary Adela Blagg, Christopher Hansteen, Catherine Cesarsky, Robert Emden, George Henry Peters, and Jane Luu. After him are Herbert Hall Turner, Cuno Hoffmeister, Adrien Auzout, Horace W. Babcock, Erika Böhm-Vitense, and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Henry L. Giclas ranks 229. Before him are Ellen Braumüller, Aldo Donati, Vivien Thomas, Léon Poliakov, Jutta Rüdiger, and Charles Crichton. After him are Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, Walter Thiel, Ma Zhongying, Piero Pasinati, Antal Szabó, and Hilde Schrader. Among people deceased in 2007, Henry L. Giclas ranks 235. Before him are Georg Buschner, Mark St. John, Giuseppe Baldo, Kurt Schmied, Isidore Isou, and Roger Beaufrand. After him are Kenji Miyamoto, Qurratulain Hyder, Iccho Itoh, Petr Eben, Art Buchwald, and Antonio Puerta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry L. Giclas ranks 6,333 out of 20,380. Before him are William Gaddis (1922), Shirley Booth (1898), Tucker Carlson (1969), Melanie Martinez (1995), Charles Shyer (1951), and Verne Troyer (1969). After him are Alice Pike Barney (1857), Marion Donovan (1917), Margaret Weis (1948), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), John C. Lilly (1915), and Fletcher Henderson (1897).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Henry L. Giclas ranks 82. Before him are Henry E. Holt (1929), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Jill Tarter (1944), Michael E. Brown (1965), George Herbig (1920), and Herbert Friedman (1916). After him are Horace W. Babcock (1912), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Schelte J. Bus (1956), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Frank Schlesinger (1871), and Joel Stebbins (1878).

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