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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 21,393 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Pigott is the 434th most popular astronomer (up from 438th in 2019), the 3,716th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,660th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 45.72

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Pigott ranks 434 out of 531Before him are Cleveland Abbe, Alfred Bohrmann, Ralph Copeland, Schelte J. Bus, Chushiro Hayashi, and Pelageya Shajn. After him are James Gunn, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, and William Rutter Dawes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Edward Pigott ranks 34Before him are Évariste de Parny, Edmund Randolph, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Thomas Bewick, Nicolas Dalayrac, and Nikolay Lvov. After him are François Levaillant, William Beechey, James McHenry, Dugald Stewart, Elizabeth Inchbald, and William Eustis. Among people deceased in 1825, Edward Pigott ranks 37Before him are Johann Karl Burckhardt, Franciszek Karpiński, Wilhelm Hemprich, Paul Louis Courier, Yakov Sannikov, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. After him are Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and William Eustis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 3,716 out of 7,765Before him are Gordon Strachan (1957), John Ireland (1879), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Gary Barlow (1971), Euphemia de Ross (1333), and Mary Garden (1874). After him are Vivian Fuchs (1908), Margery Kempe (1373), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Richard Burns (1971), George Edwards (1694), and Sam Smith (1992).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 53Before him are Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Christie (1845), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), and Ralph Copeland (1837). After him are William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), and William Robert Brooks (1844).