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Charles Piazzi Smyth

1819 - 1900

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Charles Piazzi Smyth (3 January 1819 – 21 February 1900) was a British astronomer who was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888; he is known for many innovations in astronomy and, along with his wife Jessica Duncan Piazzi Smyth, his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Piazzi Smyth has received more than 94,016 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Piazzi Smyth is the 441st most popular astronomer (down from 393rd in 2019), the 3,450th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,031st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Charles Piazzi Smyth ranks 441 out of 531. Before him are James Gunn, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, and William Rutter Dawes. After him are William Henry Smyth, John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, and Charlotte Moore Sitterly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Charles Piazzi Smyth ranks 79. Before him are Jean-Augustin Barral, Constant Fornerod, Władysław Taczanowski, Klaus Groth, Julia Ward Howe, and William Powell Frith. After him are Yakov Polonsky, James Spriggs Payne, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Cyrus West Field, and Alexandru G. Golescu. Among people deceased in 1900, Charles Piazzi Smyth ranks 73. Before him are Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Wilhelm Kühne, Gustav Hartlaub, Adrien René Franchet, Victoire Léodile Béra, and Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent. After him are William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Nicolae Crețulescu, Ali Shah Durrani, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Tomás Gomensoro Albín.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Charles Piazzi Smyth ranks 3,450 out of 4,668. Before him are Paolo Nespoli (1957), Federico Moccia (1963), Vincenzo Iaquinta (1979), Gianni De Michelis (1940), Ernesto Ambrosini (1894), and Pierluigi Casiraghi (1969). After him are Bruno Zumino (1923), Gala (1975), Piermario Morosini (1986), Nichi Vendola (1958), Vincenzo Nibali (1984), and Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Charles Piazzi Smyth ranks 23. Before him are Giorgio Abetti (1882), Geminiano Montanari (1633), Luigi Carnera (1875), Elia Millosevich (1848), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), and Barnaba Oriani (1752). After him are Luciano Tesi (1931) and Andrea Boattini (1969).

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