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ASTRONOMER

Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix

1718 - 1802

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Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (23 November 1718, in Toulouse – 18 January 1802, in Toulouse) was a French astronomer. He has usually been credited with the discovery of the Ring Nebula in 1779, but in fact he independently rediscovered it upon reading a report of Charles Messier regarding Messier's own observations of Comet Bode. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix has received more than 10,928 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix is the 332nd most popular astronomer (up from 360th in 2019), the 3,619th most popular biography from France (down from 3,526th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix ranks 332 out of 531. Before him are Alvan Clark, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Frank Muller, Philippe van Lansberge, Jing Fang, and Cyril Jackson. After him are Holger Thiele, Vladimir Albitsky, Georges Rayet, Gustav Spörer, Viktor Knorre, and Maarten Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix ranks 16. Before him are Jacob Christian Schäffer, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Antoine de Chézy, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Hugh Blair. Among people deceased in 1802, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix ranks 20. Before him are Jens Juel, Giuseppe Sarti, Jurij Vega, George Romney, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, and Joseph Duplessis. After him are Joseph Ducreux, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Thomas Girtin, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Ivan Argunov, and Corona Schröter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix ranks 3,619 out of 6,011. Before him are Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), Amélie Mauresmo (1979), Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889), Jean Becker (1933), Maurice Schumann (1911), and Hervé Le Tellier (1957). After him are Marie of the Incarnation (1599), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), Pierre Marie (1853), Christian Herter (1895), and Rémi Brague (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix ranks 36. Before him are Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), Louis Boyer (1901), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918), Adrien Auzout (1622), and André Patry (1902). After him are Georges Rayet (1839), Félix Tisserand (1845), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Hervé Faye (1814), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), and Alfred Schmitt (1907).

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