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Edward Pigott

1753 - 1825

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Edward Pigott (1753–1825) was an English astronomer notable for being one of the founders of the study of variable stars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Pigott has received more than 23,123 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Pigott is the 448th most popular astronomer (down from 434th in 2019), the 3,597th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,708th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 23k

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  • 47.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Pigott ranks 448 out of 644. Before him are Brian Schmidt, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Henry L. Giclas, Willem Jacob Luyten, and Kees de Jager. After him are Horace W. Babcock, Fyodor Bredikhin, Benjamin Banneker, Charles W. Juels, Frank Schlesinger, and Alexandre Schaumasse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Edward Pigott ranks 39. Before him are Laurynas Gucevičius, Fyodor Alekseyev, John Soane, William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, and Bartolina Sisa. After him are François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, Dugald Stewart, William Beechey, James McHenry, and William Eustis. Among people deceased in 1825, Edward Pigott ranks 38. Before him are Franciszek Karpiński, Marie Bouliard, Wilhelm Hemprich, Yakov Sannikov, Paul Louis Courier, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. After him are José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, James Wilkinson, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and William Eustis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 3,597 out of 8,785. Before him are Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Laurie Cunningham (1956), Piers Anthony (1934), John Christie (1899), Eric Brook (1907), and John Paul Young (1950). After him are Doug Bradley (1954), Kay Kendall (1927), John Taylor (1808), Amelia Edwards (1831), Phil Neal (1951), and Ken Stott (1954).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 54. Before him are Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and William Frederick Denning (1848). After him are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), William Henry Smyth (1788), Patrick Moore (1923), David C. Jewitt (1958), and James Challis (1803).

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