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Lawrence H. Aller

1913 - 2003

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Lawrence Hugh Aller (September 24, 1913 – March 16, 2003) was an American astronomer. He was born in Tacoma, Washington. He never finished high school and worked for a time as a gold miner. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936 and went to graduate school at Harvard in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence H. Aller is the 561st most popular astronomer (down from 540th in 2019), the 9,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,781st in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Lawrence H. Aller ranks 561 out of 644. Before him are Seiji Ueda, Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, Scott S. Sheppard, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and John Dobson. After him are Carlos Torres, Kazuro Watanabe, Maura Tombelli, Alexander Voeikov, Korado Korlević, and Alexandre Schaumasse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Lawrence H. Aller ranks 351. Before him are Walter Susskind, Douglas Slocombe, Harry Voigt, Mary Frizzell, Fred Davis, and Dave Albritton. After him are Rafael Gil, Ioachim Moldoveanu, Humberto Mariles, Balraj Sahni, Alice Marble, and Aleksandr Chakovsky. Among people deceased in 2003, Lawrence H. Aller ranks 310. Before him are José Juncosa, Zagir Ismagilov, Eddie Thomson, Janice Rule, Daijiro Kato, and José Manuel Pesudo. After him are Vasile Deheleanu, Bhisham Sahni, Juha Tiainen, Jeannette Campbell, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Bill Bright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence H. Aller ranks 9,905 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Steele (1955), Jerome Biffle (1928), Paul Drayton (1939), Kristy Swanson (1969), Robert L. Stewart (1942), and Walter Rauschenbusch (1861). After him are Big Walter Horton (1921), Kid Rock (1971), Lloyd Nolan (1902), Sharon Robinson (1953), Dennis Kucinich (1946), and Eric Stonestreet (1971).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Lawrence H. Aller ranks 116. Before 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). After him are Thomas Bopp (1949), John August Anderson (1876), David Rittenhouse (1732), Peter Goldreich (1939), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), and Bruce C. Murray (1931).

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