1774 - 1844
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, Francis Baily ranks 190 out of 531. Before 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.
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 184
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 185
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 186
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 187
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 188
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 189
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 190
1895 - 1965
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 191
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 192
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 193
770 - 874
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 194
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 195
950 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1774, Francis Baily ranks 18. Before 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 20. Before 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.
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 12
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 13
1774 - 1853
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 14
1774 - 1850
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 15
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 16
1774 - 1839
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 17
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 18
1774 - 1843
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 19
1774 - 1830
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 20
1774 - 1825
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 21
1774 - 1850
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 22
1774 - 1825
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 23
1774 - 1821
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 24
1780 - 1844
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 14
1804 - 1844
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 15
1825 - 1844
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 16
1773 - 1844
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 17
1807 - 1844
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 18
1761 - 1844
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 19
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 20
1760 - 1844
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 21
1765 - 1844
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 22
1780 - 1844
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 23
1767 - 1844
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 24
1782 - 1844
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 25
1757 - 1844
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 26
Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 1,736 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,730
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,731
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,732
601 - 672
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,733
1815 - 1891
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 1,734
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 1,735
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 1,736
1930 - 1958
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 1,737
1774 - 1843
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,738
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,739
1899 - 1973
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,740
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,741
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,742
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 24. Before 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).
1800 - 1867
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 18
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 19
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 20
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 21
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 22
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 23
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 24
1851 - 1928
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 25
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 27
1868 - 1940
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 28
1797 - 1867
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 29
1724 - 1793
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 30