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William Wallace Campbell

1862 - 1938

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William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy. He was the tenth president of the University of California from 1923 to 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wallace Campbell is the 228th most popular astronomer (up from 249th in 2019), the 3,250th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,556th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Wallace Campbell ranks 228 out of 644. Before him are Johannes Schöner, Peter Andreas Hansen, Antonio de Ulloa, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Horace Parnell Tuttle, and Alexis Bouvard. After him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Thomas Gold, Edward L. G. Bowell, Tamara Smirnova, Johannes Fabricius, and Robert T. A. Innes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, William Wallace Campbell ranks 63. Before him are Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Edvard Westermarck, Arvid Lindman, Nitobe Inazō, Robert Reid, and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. After him are Friedrich Meinecke, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Louis Botha, Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. Among people deceased in 1938, William Wallace Campbell ranks 86. Before him are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, George Ellery Hale, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. After him are James Scott, Sholem Schwarzbard, Octavian Goga, Kazimierz Twardowski, Bernd Rosemeyer, and John Bates Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wallace Campbell ranks 3,250 out of 20,380. Before him are Aldrich Ames (1941), Brandy Norwood (1979), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Peter Gallagher (1955), Edna Parker (1893), and Dinah Washington (1924). After him are Berenice Abbott (1898), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Diane Baker (1938), Chuck Lorre (1952), Lindsey Graham (1955), and John Ashton (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, William Wallace Campbell ranks 43. Before him are Nancy Roman (1925), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837). After him are Charles T. Kowal (1940), William Cranch Bond (1789), Halton Arp (1927), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Sandra Faber (1944), and Daniel Kirkwood (1814).

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