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Francis Baily

1774 - 1844

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Francis Baily (28 April 1774 – 30 August 1844) was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Baily has received more than 80,849 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Francis Baily is the 195th most popular astronomer (down from 190th in 2019), the 1,592nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,731st in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Francis Baily ranks 195 out of 644Before him are Andrew Graham, Robert Grant Aitken, Yrjö Väisälä, Liisi Oterma, Eleanor F. Helin, and Andreas Cellarius. After him are Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Martin Schwarzschild, Peter Andreas Hansen, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, and Seth Barnes Nicholson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Francis Baily ranks 19Before him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Charles Bell, Christian Leopold von Buch, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Robert Southey, and Lord William Bentinck. After him are Matthew Flinders, Pierre Rode, Daniel D. Tompkins, Marie-Denise Villers, Georg von Langsdorff, and Karl Mollweide. Among people deceased in 1844, Francis Baily ranks 22Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Marie Harel, and Nicolas Chopin. After him are Adolphe Marbot, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Jacques Laffitte, Gustav Hugo, William Beckford, and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 1,592 out of 8,785Before him are Elizabeth Blount (1500), Gytha of Wessex (1053), Robert Filmer (1588), James Hilton (1900), Neville Marriner (1924), and Patrick O'Brian (1914). After him are Ida Lupino (1918), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Eliza Poe (1787), and Harry Kane (1993).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 28Before him are Norman Lockyer (1836), Williamina Fleming (1857), William Robert Brooks (1844), Margaret Burbidge (1919), N. R. Pogson (1829), and Edward L. G. Bowell (1943). After him are Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Ferguson (1797), David Gill (1843), John Bevis (1695), Cyril Jackson (1903), and George Mary Searle (1839).