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David Gill

1843 - 1914

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Sir David Gill (12 June 1843 – 24 January 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who is known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography and geodesy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gill has received more than 19,668 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David Gill is the 212th most popular astronomer (up from 263rd in 2019), the 1,737th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,272nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 55.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, David Gill ranks 212 out of 644. Before him are Tamara Smirnova, Timocharis, Bertil Lindblad, James Ferguson, Milton L. Humason, and Dominique, comte de Cassini. After him are James Craig Watson, Erasmus Reinhold, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Antonio de Ulloa, Rudolf Wolf, and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, David Gill ranks 44. Before him are Julio Argentino Roca, Eugene de Blaas, Aleksandra Potanina, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Louis Duchesne, and Frederic W. H. Myers. After him are Pedro Américo, Karl Michael Ziehrer, Adelina Patti, Bernhard Förster, Christina Nilsson, and Itō Sukeyuki. Among people deceased in 1914, David Gill ranks 51. Before him are Stevan Mokranjac, Charles Martin Hall, Ödön Lechner, John Muir, Albert Günther, and Giovanni Sgambati. After him are Pierre Souvestre, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Paul Héroult, Charles Devendeville, George William Hill, and Anselmo Lorenzo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Gill ranks 1,737 out of 8,785. Before him are Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Edward Low (1690), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), William Cullen (1710), Terry Eagleton (1943), and Gordon Ramsay (1966). After him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Steven Runciman (1903), Anthony Quayle (1913), Margaret Scriven (1912), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), and Philip Sidney (1554).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, David Gill ranks 31. Before him are Margaret Burbidge (1919), N. R. Pogson (1829), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Francis Baily (1774), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), and James Ferguson (1797). After him are John Bevis (1695), Cyril Jackson (1903), George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), and John Machin (1680).

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