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James Bradley

1693 - 1762

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James Bradley (September 1692 – 13 July 1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of the Earth's axis (1728–1748). These two discoveries were called "the most brilliant and useful of the century" by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, historian of astronomy, mathematical astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Bradley has received more than 193,109 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. James Bradley is the 74th most popular astronomer (down from 45th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 517th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Astronomer.

James Bradley is most famous for his book The Lost History of Christianity, which is about the history of Christianity.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Bradley ranks 74 out of 644. Before him are Arthur B. McDonald, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, John Flamsteed, Jacques Cassini, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, and Antonio Abetti. After him are Walter Baade, Fritz Zwicky, Stephen Gray, David Fabricius, George Darwin, and Russell Alan Hulse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1693, James Bradley ranks 3. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, and Anna of Russia. After him are John Harrison, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Abul Khair Khan, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Georg Rafael Donner, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, and John Lombe. Among people deceased in 1762, James Bradley ranks 7. Before him are Peter III of Russia, Elizabeth of Russia, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, and Crown Prince Sado. After him are Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, and Jean Calas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Bradley ranks 673 out of 8,785. Before him are Edgar Adrian (1889), Leslie Howard (1893), Bill Wyman (1936), Oliver Smithies (1925), Thomas Chippendale (1718), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900). After him are Brian Cox (1946), Ben Jonson (1572), George Porter (1920), Roy Hodgson (1947), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), and John Henry Newman (1801).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Bradley ranks 9. Before him are Martin Ryle (1918), Arthur Eddington (1882), Fred Hoyle (1915), William Lassell (1799), Antony Hewish (1924), and John Flamsteed (1646). After him are Stephen Gray (1666), George Darwin (1845), Adelard of Bath (1075), William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800).

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