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Cyril Jackson

1903 - 1988

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Cyril V. Jackson (5 December 1903 – February 1988) was a South African astronomer, known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets. He was born in Ossett, Yorkshire in England; his father emigrated to South Africa in 1911. He earned his B.Sc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyril Jackson has received more than 7,268 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Cyril Jackson is the 227th most popular astronomer (up from 331st in 2019), the 1,865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,760th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Cyril Jackson ranks 227 out of 644. Before him are Sergey Belyavsky, Benjamin Baillaud, Johannes Fabricius, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, George William Hill, and Antonín Mrkos. After him are Alexis Bouvard, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Nancy Roman, Wilhelm Beer, Adriaan Blaauw, and Wang Zhenyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Cyril Jackson ranks 134. Before him are Florence Owens Thompson, Grigori Aleksandrov, Alf Sjöberg, Nikolay Cherkasov, Abba P. Lerner, and Ferenc Nagy. After him are Bertrand de Jouvenel, Karl Fritzsch, Rensis Likert, Benjamin Spock, John Wyndham, and Guillermo Subiabre. Among people deceased in 1988, Cyril Jackson ranks 87. Before him are Antal Doráti, Raymond Williams, Alec Issigonis, Henry Koster, Divine, and Anne Ramsey. After him are Hillel Slovak, Seán MacBride, Fritz Heider, Paolo Stoppa, Hamengkubuwono IX, and Henry Armstrong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cyril Jackson ranks 1,865 out of 8,785. Before him are William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Mark of Cornwall (480), Roger Fry (1866), Arthur Percival (1887), John Mandeville (1300), and Max Mallowan (1904). After him are James Blunt (1974), Prasutagus (50), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), David Coulthard (1971), Ken Tyrrell (1924), and Herbert Chapman (1878).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Cyril Jackson ranks 33. Before him are Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Francis Baily (1774), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Ferguson (1797), David Gill (1843), and John Bevis (1695). After him are George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), John Machin (1680), John Michell (1724), and Alfred Fowler (1868).

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