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Milton L. Humason

1891 - 1972

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Milton La Salle Humason (August 19, 1891 – June 18, 1972) was an American astronomer. He worked with Edwin Hubble to measure the redshift of nebulas in the early 20th century, providing evidence of the expansion of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Milton L. Humason is the 319th most popular astronomer (down from 210th in 2019), the 4,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,909th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Milton L. Humason ranks 319 out of 644. Before him are Michael H. Hart, Frank Elmore Ross, Hendrik van Gent, Karl Christian Bruhns, Michael van Langren, and Benjamin Apthorp Gould. After him are Niccolò Zucchi, Georges Rayet, Oenopides, Christoph Arnold, Edward Sabine, and Takeshi Urata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Milton L. Humason ranks 138. Before him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Joe E. Brown, Earl Warren, Harold Jeffreys, Francisco Lázaro, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg. After him are Otto Ciliax, Wan Waithayakon, Galaktion Tabidze, Charles Journet, Pedro Salinas, and Charles Bickford. Among people deceased in 1972, Milton L. Humason ranks 123. Before him are Bruce Cabot, Lee Morgan, Mahendra of Nepal, Hermann Boehm, Pierre Brasseur, and Robert H. MacArthur. After him are August Zaleski, Stanislaus Kobierski, Deniz Gezmiş, Friedrich Christiansen, Carlo Agostoni, and Solomon Lefschetz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milton L. Humason ranks 4,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Smith (1932), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Minnie Riperton (1947), and Joey Jordison (1975). After him are Douglas Diamond (1953), Peter MacNicol (1954), Randall Duk Kim (1943), George Church (1954), GG Allin (1956), and Robert Anderson (1917).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Milton L. Humason ranks 60. Before him are Eugene Parker (1927), Frank Muller (1862), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Michael H. Hart (1932), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), and Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824). After him are Allan Sandage (1926), James L. Elliot (1943), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Albert George Wilson (1918), and Alvan Clark (1804).

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