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Sherburne Wesley Burnham

1838 - 1921

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Sherburne Wesley Burnham (December 12, 1838 – March 11, 1921) was an American astronomer. For more than 50 years Burnham spent all his free time observing the heavens, mainly concerning himself with binary stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sherburne Wesley Burnham is the 290th most popular astronomer (down from 262nd in 2019), the 2,403rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,193rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 290 out of 644. Before him are Harold Spencer Jones, James W. Christy, Jean Fernel, Richard Martin West, Laurent Cassegrain, and Giorgio Abetti. After him are Sylvain Arend, Richard Christopher Carrington, Hervé Faye, Grigory Neujmin, Eugene Parker, and Frank Muller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 60. Before him are Jules Dalou, Karl Weyprecht, Szymon Winawer, John Morley, Henry Irving, and Siegfried Bing. After him are Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Raffaello Giovagnoli, August Šenoa, Keshub Chandra Sen, Thomas Blake Glover, and Édouard Colonne. Among people deceased in 1921, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 65. Before him are Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Pauline von Metternich, Christina Nilsson, and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. After him are Subramania Bharati, Fyodor Sergeyev, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Pierre Cuypers, José Miguel Gómez, and Andrea Carlo Ferrari.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 2,403 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Morley (1557), Tony Judt (1948), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Guy Edwards (1942), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), and David Tennant (1971). After him are Joseph Fiennes (1970), Gary Glitter (1944), Claude Choules (1901), James Stephenson (1889), James Steuart (1712), and Cynewulf of Wessex (750).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Sherburne Wesley Burnham ranks 38. Before him are Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Alfred Fowler (1868), James Ferguson (1710), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Harold Spencer Jones (1890). After him are Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), David Gill (1843), John Machin (1680), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), James Challis (1803), and James Glaisher (1809).

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