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Robert Herman

1914 - 1997

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Robert Herman (August 29, 1914 – February 13, 1997) was an American astronomer, best known for his work with Ralph Alpher in 1948–50, on estimating the temperature of cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Herman is the 375th most popular astronomer (up from 564th in 2019), the 5,488th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,834th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Herman ranks 375 out of 644. Before him are Benjamin Jekhowsky, André Patry, Frank Watson Dyson, Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, and Shi Shen. After him are Dirk Brouwer, Alenush Terian, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, and Tsutomu Seki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Robert Herman ranks 228. Before him are Orhan Veli Kanık, B. R. Chopra, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Christl Cranz, Norman McLaren, and Luis Mariano. After him are Jacques Dufilho, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Walston, Jersey Joe Walcott, Paul Rand, and Terence O'Neill. Among people deceased in 1997, Robert Herman ranks 166. Before him are Mikel Koliqi, Juan Burgueño, Fritz Schär, William Martínez, Ella Maillart, and Edward Gardère. After him are Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Bengt Danielsson, William Hickey, Aurelio González, Tomoyuki Tanaka, and Cahit Arf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Herman ranks 5,488 out of 20,380. Before him are Carol Burnett (1933), Allen Stack (1928), Clayton Christensen (1952), Melinda Culea (1955), Yaki Kadafi (1977), and Charles Jencks (1939). After him are William R. Orthwein (1881), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Noah Beery Jr. (1913), Jorja Fox (1968), Hal Moore (1922), and Marianne Moore (1887).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Robert Herman ranks 69. Before him are Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Albert George Wilson (1918), Alvan Clark (1804), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), and Lewis Boss (1846). After him are Brian Schmidt (1967), James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), Harold D. Babcock (1882), James Gunn (1938), and Alvan Graham Clark (1832).

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