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Philip Herbert Cowell

1870 - 1949

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Philip Herbert Cowell FRS (1870 – 1949) was a British astronomer. Philip Herbert Cowell was born in Calcutta, India on the 7 August 1870, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became second chief assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1896 and later became the Superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office between 1910 and 1930. He worked on celestial mechanics, and orbits of comets and minor planets in particular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Herbert Cowell is the 584th most popular astronomer (up from 609th in 2019), the 912th most popular biography from India (up from 1,068th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Philip Herbert Cowell ranks 584 out of 644. Before him are Mary Ward, Makio Akiyama, Yoshisada Shimizu, Masaru Arai, Peter Goldreich, and Dorrit Hoffleit. After him are Osamu Muramatsu, Satoru Otomo, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Bruce C. Murray, A. E. Douglass, and Alan Hale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Philip Herbert Cowell ranks 164. Before him are William Glackens, Maud Barger-Wallach, Roscoe Pound, George Eyser, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and Hubert Gough. After him are Walter Chaffe, Alexander Munro, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. Among people deceased in 1949, Philip Herbert Cowell ranks 179. Before him are Clarence Kingsbury, Frank Fetter, Sidney Olcott, Leon Schlesinger, Elmer Clifton, and Herbert Stothart. After him are William Nicholson, Flora Drummond, James Truslow Adams, Frank Murphy, Vida Goldstein, and Wheeler Oakman.

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In India

Among people born in India, Philip Herbert Cowell ranks 912 out of 1,861. Before him are Gautami (1969), Tapan Sinha (1924), Sumaira Abdulali (1961), Reita Faria (1943), Gul Mohammed (1957), and Shrilal Shukla (1925). After him are Nanda (1939), Krishan Kant (1927), Sushil Kumar (1983), Ruskin Bond (1934), Begum Akhtar (1914), and Jyoti Amge (1993).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In India

Among astronomers born in India, Philip Herbert Cowell ranks 3. Before him are Aryabhata (476), and Varāhamihira (505).

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