1693 - 1762
James Bradley (1692–1762) 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 178,243 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). James Bradley is the 45th most popular astronomer (down from 44th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 5th 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, James Bradley ranks 45 out of 531. Before him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Charles Greeley Abbot, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Simon Marius, Arthur Eddington, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt. After him are Asaph Hall, Fritz Zwicky, Clyde Tombaugh, Ferdinand Verbiest, Johann Palisa, and Jérôme Lalande.
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 39
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 40
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 41
1573 - 1625
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 42
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 43
1868 - 1921
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 44
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 45
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 46
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 47
1906 - 1997
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 48
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 49
1848 - 1925
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 50
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 51
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, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Abul Khair Khan, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Georg Rafael Donner, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, and John Lombe. Among people deceased in 1762, James Bradley ranks 5. Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, Peter III of Russia, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Crown Prince Sado. After him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.
1693 - 1769
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 1
1693 - 1740
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 2
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 3
1693 - 1776
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 4
1693 - 1743
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 5
1693 - 1728
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 6
1693 - 1775
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 7
1693 - 1748
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1693 - 1768
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 9
1693 - 1741
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 10
1693 - 1768
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 11
1693 - 1722
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 12
1709 - 1762
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 1
1728 - 1762
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 2
1714 - 1762
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 3
1735 - 1762
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 4
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 5
1750 - 1762
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 6
1713 - 1762
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 7
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 8
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 9
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 10
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 11
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Bradley ranks 517 out of 7,765. Before him are John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), David Hockney (1937), Henry Hudson (1570), Nigel Mansell (1953), and A. S. Neill (1883). After him are Maud of Wales (1869), William Tyndale (1494), Bobby Moore (1941), Bill Wyman (1936), John Wallis (1616), and Oliver Sacks (1933).
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 511
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 512
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 513
1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 514
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 515
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 516
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 517
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 518
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 519
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 520
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 521
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 522
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 523
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Bradley ranks 5. Before him are Edmond Halley (1656), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Fred Hoyle (1915), and Arthur Eddington (1882). After him are John Flamsteed (1646), Martin Ryle (1918), George Darwin (1845), William Lassell (1799), Stephen Gray (1666), Antony Hewish (1924), and William Huggins (1824).
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 2
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 3
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 4
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 5
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 8
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 9
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 10
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 12