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Paul W. Merrill

1887 - 1961

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Paul Willard Merrill (August 15, 1887 – July 19, 1961) was an American astronomer whose specialty was spectroscopy. He was the first person to define S-type stars, in 1922. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul W. Merrill is the 447th most popular astronomer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 6,598th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,175th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paul W. Merrill ranks 447 out of 644. Before him are Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Ernest Leonard Johnson, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Willem Jacob Luyten, Lipót Schulhof, and Schelte J. Bus. After him are Vladimir Kotelnikov, Joseph Helffrich, Holger Thiele, Fernand Courty, Hans-Emil Schuster, and Ernst Hartwig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Paul W. Merrill ranks 198. Before him are Al Ernest Garcia, Ayşe Sultan, María Teresa Ferrari, Janne Lundblad, Lajos Kassák, and Louis Leon Thurstone. After him are Oscar Kreuzer, Konstantin Kalinin, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Georges Vézina, Bruno Frank, and Géza Csáth. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul W. Merrill ranks 138. Before him are Scott LaFaro, Şemsettin Günaltay, Tiny Sandford, Olav Bjaaland, Henri Deloge, and Nita Naldi. After him are George Simpson, Alberto Galateo, Rosa Sensat, Yaşar Doğu, Mazo de la Roche, and Romeo Neri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 6,599 out of 20,380. Before him are Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Kristin Chenoweth (1968), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Nita Naldi (1894), and Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943). After him are Joe Lieberman (1942), Simon Helberg (1980), Mimi Leder (1952), Steve Bullock (1966), Albert Collins (1932), and Neil Campbell (1946).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Paul W. Merrill ranks 86. Before him are George Herbig (1920), Herbert Friedman (1916), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), and Schelte J. Bus (1956). After him are Frank Schlesinger (1871), Joel Stebbins (1878), William Wilson Morgan (1906), Carolyn Porco (1953), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), and Adam Riess (1969).

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