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James Edward Keeler

1857 - 1900

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James Edward Keeler (September 10, 1857 – August 12, 1900) was an American astronomer. He was an early observer of galaxies using photography, as well as the first to show observationally that the rings of Saturn do not rotate as a solid body. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Edward Keeler is the 387th most popular astronomer (down from 370th in 2019), the 5,627th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,610th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Edward Keeler ranks 387 out of 644. Before him are Tsutomu Seki, Peter van de Kamp, Brian Schmidt, David H. Levy, Christian August Friedrich Peters, and Ercole Dembowski. After him are Albrecht Unsöld, Margaret Geller, Harold D. Babcock, Vera Gaze, Nathaniel Bliss, and Louis Boyer.

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Among people born in 1857, James Edward Keeler ranks 98. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Gabriela Zapolska, Otto Stapf, Shibli Nomani, Knut Ångström, and Fergus Suter. After him are Ernst Trygger, Theodor Curtius, Ivo Vojnović, Pedro Paterno, Eva Bonnier, and Albert Ballin. Among people deceased in 1900, James Edward Keeler ranks 69. Before him are Rudolf Charousek, Johan Kjeldahl, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Adrien René Franchet, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal. After him are Jean Frédéric Frenet, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Karl Doppler, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Albert Bernhard Frank, and John Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Edward Keeler ranks 5,627 out of 20,380. Before him are Nelson A. Miles (1839), A. C. Green (1963), Lysander Spooner (1808), Tom Mix (1880), Ed Roberts (1941), and Donnie Wahlberg (1969). After him are JJ Redick (1984), Justin Theroux (1971), Valerie Thomas (1943), Paul Kantner (1941), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), and Jim Rathmann (1928).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, James Edward Keeler ranks 71. Before him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Alvan Clark (1804), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Lewis Boss (1846), Robert Herman (1914), and Brian Schmidt (1967). After him are Margaret Geller (1947), Harold D. Babcock (1882), James Gunn (1938), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Henry E. Holt (1929), and Dorothea Klumpke (1861).

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