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Walter Frederick Gale

1865 - 1945

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Walter Frederick Gale (27 November 1865 – 1 June 1945) was an Australian banker. Gale was born in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales. He had a strong interest in astronomy and built his first telescope in 1884. He discovered a total of 3 comets, including the lost periodic comet 34D/Gale, C/1894 G1 and C/1912 R1. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Frederick Gale is the 487th most popular astronomer (up from 542nd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 319th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 487 out of 644. Before him are Otto Heckmann, Adam Riess, Patrick Moore, Lutz D. Schmadel, William de Wiveleslie Abney, and Edward S. Holden. After him are Mary Watson Whitney, Pelageya Shajn, Cleveland Abbe, Kaoru Ikeya, Guillermo Haro, and Wilhelm Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 140. Before him are Guido Castelnuovo, Otto Modersohn, Lionel Dunsterville, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, Walter Leistikow, and Uchida Kōsai. After him are Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Madison Grant, Olavo Bilac, Ángel Ganivet, Paul Raud, and Hermann Hirt. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 296. Before him are Eugen Bolz, John Bray, Jesús Bermúdez, Petar Gabrovski, José María Moncada, and Harry Liedtke. After him are William Joseph Simmons, Adolf Brand, Josef Gočár, Walter Weiler, Alexey Favorsky, and Kārlis Skalbe.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 223 out of 1,143. Before him are Peter Scully (1963), Ben Mendelsohn (1969), Rose Byrne (1979), Barry Humphries (1934), Radha Mitchell (1973), and Helen Quinn (1943). After him are Luke Hemsworth (1980), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Ian Thorpe (1982), Miles Franklin (1879), Joseph Jacobs (1854), and Anthony LaPaglia (1959).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, Walter Frederick Gale ranks 1. After him are Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), John Broughton (1952), and Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

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