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John Huchra

1948 - 2010

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John Peter Huchra ( HUK-rə; December 23, 1948 – October 8, 2010) was an American astronomer and professor. He was the Vice Provost for Research Policy at Harvard University and a Professor of Astronomy at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. He was also a former chair of the United States National Committee for the International Astronomical Union. and past president of the American Astronomical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Huchra is the 538th most popular astronomer (up from 588th in 2019), the 8,837th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,505th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Huchra ranks 538 out of 644. Before him are David Todd Wilkinson, Ewine van Dishoeck, Frank Shu, Kenzo Suzuki, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, and Benjamin Banneker. After him are John Stanley Plaskett, Ernest Esclangon, María Teresa Ruiz, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Lidiya Tseraskaya, and Vincenzo Cerulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John Huchra ranks 563. Before him are John Blackley, Mikko Kozarowitzky, Alexei Starobinsky, Dave Cowens, Bonfoh Abass, and Bernd Franke. After him are Tommy Söderberg, Biri Biri, Rasim Balayev, Cathy Ferguson, Ian McElhinney, and Viktor Matviyenko. Among people deceased in 2010, John Huchra ranks 347. Before him are Olga Guillot, Antonio Ozores, William Tenn, Corey Haim, Kenneth Lane, and Federico Vairo. After him are Gregory Isaacs, Kazimierz Paździor, Hédi Annabi, Antoinette Meyer, Patricia Wrightson, and Marc Bazin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Huchra ranks 8,839 out of 20,380. Before him are Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Mick Foley (1965), Jake E. Lee (1957), Jeane Dixon (1904), Wallace Reid (1891), and Thelma Houston (1946). After him are Teddy Riley (1967), John Lipsky (1947), Marc Randolph (1958), Glenne Headly (1955), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), and William Fields (1929).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, John Huchra ranks 109. Before him are Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Marc Aaronson (1950), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), and Benjamin Banneker (1731). After him are John N. Bahcall (1934), Adelaide Ames (1900), Roy A. Tucker (1951), Charles W. Juels (1944), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), and Scott S. Sheppard (1977).

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