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Percival Lowell

1855 - 1916

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Percival Lowell (; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percival Lowell is the 83rd most popular astronomer (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,077th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Astronomer.

Percival Lowell was an American astronomer who is most famous for his belief that there was a planet in the outer solar system beyond Neptune.

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Among astronomers, Percival Lowell ranks 83 out of 644. Before him are Russell Alan Hulse, Wilhelm Tempel, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Antony Hewish, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and John Russell Hind. After him are Arthur B. McDonald, Karl Ludwig Harding, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, George O. Abell, Mariam al-Asturlabi, and Petrus Apianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Percival Lowell ranks 10. Before him are Andrew Mellon, Émile Verhaeren, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Liman von Sanders, John Browning, and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. After him are Ernest Chausson, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, Eleanor Marx, Robert M. La Follette, and Arthur Nikisch. Among people deceased in 1916, Percival Lowell ranks 33. Before him are Enrique Granados, Eduard Strauss, Émile Verhaeren, Max Reger, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Elisabeth of Wied. After him are Nedeljko Čabrinović, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Rubén Darío, Gaston Maspero, Victoriano Huerta, and Jean Webster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percival Lowell ranks 1,108 out of 20,380. Before him are Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), and Geena Davis (1956). After him are Robert Whittaker (1920), Gloria Swanson (1899), Tori Amos (1963), Lawrence Klein (1920), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), and Hamilton O. Smith (1931).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Percival Lowell ranks 15. Before him are Clyde Tombaugh (1906), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Vera Rubin (1928), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868). After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), George O. Abell (1927), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Lewis A. Swift (1820), and Annie Jump Cannon (1863).

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