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Walter Sydney Adams

1876 - 1956

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Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. He is renowned for his pioneering work in spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Sydney Adams is the 103rd most popular astronomer (up from 116th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 479th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 103 out of 644. Before him are Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, and Tom Gehrels. After him are Edward Charles Pickering, David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, and August Kopff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 35. Before him are Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, Max Jacob, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kim Koo, and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, Sherwood Anderson, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Ivan Cankar, and Rodolphe Seeldrayers. Among people deceased in 1956, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 33. Before him are Kenji Mizoguchi, H. L. Mencken, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, and Alexander Dovzhenko. After him are Elisabeth of Romania, Daniel Swarovski, Alfredo Ferrari, Joseph Wirth, August Kubizek, and Yakub Kolas.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 382 out of 1,347. Before him are Maria of Alania (1053), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Artemidorus (200), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Telipinu (-1600), and Midhat Pasha (1822). After him are Laskarina Bouboulina (1771), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959), Theodore II Palaiologos (1396), Paul of Samosata (200), and Antipas of Pergamum (100).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Türkiye

Among astronomers born in Türkiye, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 2. Before him are Hipparchus (-190). After him are E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Cleomedes (110), Cleostratus (-520), Paris Pişmiş (1911), Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943), and Dilhan Eryurt (1926).

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