1843 - 1914
Sir David Gill (12 June 1843 – 24 January 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who is known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gill has received more than 15,212 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). David Gill is the 226th most popular astronomer (down from 214th in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,714th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, David Gill ranks 226 out of 532. Before him are George Ellery Hale, Hubert Reeves, James Ferguson, Dilhan Eryurt, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, and Maria Cunitz. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, César-François Cassini de Thury, Robert T. A. Innes, William Wallace Campbell, Iosif Shklovsky, and Tamara Smirnova.
1868 - 1938
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 220
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 221
1797 - 1867
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 222
1926 - 2012
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 223
1845 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 224
1610 - 1664
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 225
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 226
1868 - 1937
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 227
1714 - 1784
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 228
1861 - 1933
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 229
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 230
1916 - 1985
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 231
1935 - 2001
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 232
Among people born in 1843, David Gill ranks 44. Before him are Julio Argentino Roca, Eugene de Blaas, Shō Tai, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Odoardo Beccari, and Karl Michael Ziehrer. After him are Pedro Américo, Frederick Abberline, Saigō Jūdō, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Johannes Schmidt, and Otto Kuntze. Among people deceased in 1914, David Gill ranks 57. Before him are Paul Héroult, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Albert Günther, Albéric Magnard, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Giovanni Sgambati. After him are Theodore Gill, Yu Kil-chun, Félix Bracquemond, Paul Mauser, Delmira Agustini, and Roque Sáenz Peña.
1843 - 1914
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 38
1843 - 1931
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 39
1843 - 1901
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 40
1843 - 1917
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 41
1843 - 1920
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 42
1843 - 1922
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 43
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 44
1843 - 1905
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 45
1843 - 1929
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 46
1843 - 1902
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 47
1843 - 1865
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 48
1843 - 1901
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 49
1843 - 1907
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 50
1863 - 1914
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 51
1836 - 1914
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 52
1830 - 1914
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 53
1865 - 1914
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 54
1848 - 1914
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 55
1841 - 1914
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 56
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 57
1837 - 1914
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 58
1856 - 1914
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 59
1833 - 1914
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 60
1838 - 1914
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 61
1886 - 1914
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 62
1851 - 1914
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 63
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Gill ranks 1,983 out of 6,924. Before him are Ed Sheeran (1991), Samuel Morland (1625), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), William Hartnell (1908), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), and Ernest William Brown (1866). After him are David Knopfler (1952), Paul Freeman (1943), John Maynard Smith (1920), Peter Frampton (1950), Michael Apted (1941), and Dua Lipa (1995).
1991 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 1,977
1625 - 1695
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 1,978
1912 - 2000
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,979
1908 - 1975
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,980
1110 - 1167
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,981
1866 - 1938
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,982
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,983
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,984
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 1,985
1920 - 2004
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 1,986
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 1,987
1941 - 2021
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,988
1995 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,989
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, David Gill ranks 30. Before him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), John Michell (1724), James Dunlop (1793), George Mary Searle (1839), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), and James Ferguson (1797). After him are Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Alfred Fowler (1868), Francis Baily (1774), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), and Cyril Jackson (1903).
1851 - 1928
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 24
1724 - 1793
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1793 - 1848
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 26
1839 - 1918
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 28
1797 - 1867
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 29
1843 - 1914
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 30
1861 - 1933
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 31
1868 - 1940
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 32
1774 - 1844
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 33
1890 - 1960
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 34
1826 - 1875
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 35
1903 - 1988
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 36