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Robert Grant Aitken

1864 - 1951

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Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Grant Aitken is the 174th most popular astronomer (up from 190th in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,611th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 174 out of 644. Before him are Margaret Burbidge, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, James Craig Watson, and Giovanni Battista Hodierna. After him are Franz Xaver von Zach, Guillaume Bigourdan, Nikolai Chernykh, Jean Picard, Henry Draper, and Seleucus of Seleucia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 58. Before him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Joseph Bédier, Carl Correns, Henri de Régnier, Alfred Stieglitz, and Roman Dmowski. After him are Mizzi Kaspar, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Robert E. Park, Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, and Peter Deunov. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 47. Before him are Nikolai Medtner, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Serge Koussevitzky, Sadegh Hedayat, Artur Schnabel, and Volodymyr Vynnychenko. After him are Reggie Walker, Erich Naumann, Agrippina Vaganova, Fritz Thyssen, François Georges-Picot, and Émile Chartier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 2,294 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Donen (1924), Solomon Northup (1808), Hetty Green (1834), John Ratcliffe (1965), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), and Lucille Ball (1911). After him are Ernie Hudson (1945), Jerry West (1938), Eric Maskin (1950), John G. Thompson (1932), Ben Bradlee (1921), and Sarah Rose Karr (1984).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Robert Grant Aitken ranks 30. Before him are Maria Mitchell (1818), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), William Henry Pickering (1858), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Harlow Shapley (1885), and Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911). After him are Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), George William Hill (1838), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), and J. Allen Hynek (1910).

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