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James Craig Watson

1838 - 1880

James Craig Watson

Zijn biografie is beschikbaar in 28 verschillende talen op Wikipedia. James Craig Watson staat op plaats 172 onder de meest populaire astronoom (gestegen van plaats 213 in 2024), plaats 99 onder de meest populaire biografieën uit Canada (gestegen van plaats 140 in 2019) en op plaats 2 onder de populairste astronoom uit Canada.

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Among Astronooms

Among astronooms, James Craig Watson ranks 172 out of 644. Before him are John Goodricke, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Margaret Burbidge, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Carl Keenan Seyfert, and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi. After him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Robert Grant Aitken, Franz Xaver von Zach, Guillaume Bigourdan, Nikolai Chernykh, and Jean Picard.

Most Popular Astronooms in Wikipedia

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John Goodricke
1764 - 1786
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 166
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
1723 - 1788
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 167
Margaret Burbidge
1919 - 2020
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 168
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
1526 - 1580
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 169
Carl Keenan Seyfert
1911 - 1960
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 170
Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi
770 - 874
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 171
James Craig Watson
1838 - 1880
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 172
Giovanni Battista Hodierna
1597 - 1660
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 173
Robert Grant Aitken
1864 - 1951
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 174
Franz Xaver von Zach
1754 - 1832
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 175
Guillaume Bigourdan
1851 - 1932
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 176
Nikolai Chernykh
1931 - 2004
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 177
Jean Picard
1620 - 1682
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 178

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, James Craig Watson ranks 29. Before him are Yamagata Aritomo, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, 11th Dalai Lama, and Konstanty Kalinowski. After him are Marià Fortuny, Ōkuma Shigenobu, William Henry Perkin, Fredrik Idestam, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Jules Brunet. Among people deceased in 1880, James Craig Watson ranks 12. Before him are George Eliot, Paul Broca, Emperor Norton, Michel Chasles, Ned Kelly, and Anselm Feuerbach. After him are Nell Arthur, Léon Cogniet, Bettino Ricasoli, Ole Bull, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, and Sara Forbes Bonetta.

Others Born in 1838

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Yamagata Aritomo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1838 - 1922
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 23
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
WRITER
1838 - 1894
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 24
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1838 - 1862
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 25
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
NOBLEMAN
1838 - 1886
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 26
11th Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1838 - 1856
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 27
Konstanty Kalinowski
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1864
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 28
James Craig Watson
ASTRONOMER
1838 - 1880
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 29
Marià Fortuny
PAINTER
1838 - 1874
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 30
Ōkuma Shigenobu
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1922
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 31
William Henry Perkin
CHEMIST
1838 - 1907
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 32
Fredrik Idestam
BUSINESSPERSON
1838 - 1916
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 33
Jean-Paul Laurens
PAINTER
1838 - 1921
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 34
Jules Brunet
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1838 - 1911
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 35