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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 72,302 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Francis Baily is the 190th most popular astronomer (up from 238th in 2019), the 1,736th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,112th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Francis Baily ranks 190 out of 531Before him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, Antonio de Ulloa, Lyudmila Chernykh, Robert Grant Aitken, and Yrjö Väisälä. After him are Bertil Lindblad, Jean Fernel, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, Maximilian Hell, and Mariam al-Asturlabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Francis Baily ranks 18Before him are William Henry, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Christian Leopold von Buch, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Matthew Flinders, and Lord William Bentinck. After him are Robert Southey, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, Václav Tomášek, Daniel D. Tompkins, and Marie-Denise Villers. Among people deceased in 1844, Francis Baily ranks 20Before him are Jernej Kopitar, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Marie Harel. After him are William Beckford, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Johannes van den Bosch, Jacques Laffitte, Alexander von Benckendorff, and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 1,736 out of 7,765Before him are Henry More (1614), Charles Hatchett (1765), Tobias Smollett (1721), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), John A. Macdonald (1815), and Israel Kirzner (1930). After him are Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Robert Southey (1774), Rufus Sewell (1967), Noël Coward (1899), Antony Beevor (1946), and Sid Watkins (1928).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 24Before him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), John Russell Hind (1823), Williamina Fleming (1857), N. R. Pogson (1829), Margaret Burbidge (1919), and John Bevis (1695). After him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), James Dunlop (1793), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Alfred Fowler (1868), James Ferguson (1797), and John Michell (1724).