#1Hubert Anson Newton
1830–1896American astronomer and scientist
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Articles in 16 languages make the American astronomer and scientist Hubert Anson Newton the best known. William Pitt Lynde is second and Charles McNeill Gray third. In the early republic, 9 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,279 towns in New York with famous people list more.
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 10.1 times.
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The 1810s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1American astronomer and scientist
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#3The other 7 span the years 1799 to 1887.


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