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Seth Barnes Nicholson

1891 - 1963

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Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He worked at the Lick observatory in California, and is known for discovering several moons of Jupiter in the 20th century. Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at Drake University, where he became interested in astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seth Barnes Nicholson is the 210th most popular astronomer (down from 201st in 2019), the 2,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,737th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 210 out of 644. Before him are Joel Hastings Metcalf, Giovanni Battista Donati, Andrew Graham, Lyudmila Chernykh, Nevil Maskelyne, and John Bevis. After him are Sergey Belyavsky, Francis Baily, Erasmus Reinhold, Bengt Strömgren, Jean-Louis Pons, and George Ellery Hale.

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Among people born in 1891, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 83. Before him are Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Otto Schmidt, Bruno Loerzer, Jüri Lossmann, Hermann Scherchen, and Grunya Sukhareva. After him are Tin Ujević, Yvan Goll, Ivan Vinogradov, Franz Alexander, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Walter Eucken. Among people deceased in 1963, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 66. Before him are Robert Stroud, Georg Lindemann, Klára Dán von Neumann, Jacobus Oud, Gustaf Gründgens, and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin. After him are Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Fazlollah Zahedi, Fritz Reiner, Garrett Morgan, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, and Dinah Washington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 2,972 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Dunford (1955), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Ben Johnson (1918), Simon Fraser (1776), John Hancock (1737), and Jess McMahon (1882). After him are Philly Joe Jones (1923), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Klein (1928), Charles Rangel (1930), Randy Rhoads (1956), and Brian Kobilka (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Seth Barnes Nicholson ranks 39. Before him are George William Hill (1838), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), J. Allen Hynek (1910), Nancy Roman (1925), and Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866). After him are George Ellery Hale (1868), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Charles T. Kowal (1940), and William Cranch Bond (1789).

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