1803 - 1882
James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 – 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy and the director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Challis has received more than 49,434 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). James Challis is the 491st most popular astronomer (down from 348th in 2019), the 4,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,883rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, James Challis ranks 491 out of 531. Before him are Grove Karl Gilbert, Walter Frederick Gale, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, John N. Bahcall, Wilhelm Anderson, and Richard A. Proctor. After him are Cuno Hoffmeister, Mary Adela Blagg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Irwin I. Shapiro, David L. Rabinowitz, and Roy A. Tucker.
1843 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 485
1865 - 1945
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 486
1916 - 1979
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 487
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 488
1880 - 1940
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 489
1837 - 1888
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 490
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 491
1892 - 1968
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 492
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 493
1912 - 1954
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 494
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 495
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 496
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 497
Among people born in 1803, James Challis ranks 67. Before him are Miles Joseph Berkeley, Johann Jakob Kaup, Juan Bravo Murillo, Sarah Yorke Jackson, George Borrow, and Domingo Nieto. After him are Manuel Felipe de Tovar, William Smith O'Brien, and Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1882, James Challis ranks 69. Before him are Antoine Bussy, William Harrison Ainsworth, Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Thomas Romney Robinson, and Joaquim Manuel de Macedo. After him are Hablot Knight Browne, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Francis Maitland Balfour, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Milton Latham.
1803 - 1889
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 61
1803 - 1873
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 62
1803 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 63
1803 - 1887
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 64
1803 - 1881
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 65
1803 - 1844
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 66
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 67
1803 - 1866
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 68
1803 - 1864
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 69
1803 - 1863
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 70
1794 - 1882
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 63
1805 - 1882
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 64
1811 - 1882
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 65
1819 - 1882
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 66
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 67
1820 - 1882
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 68
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 69
1815 - 1882
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 70
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 71
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 72
1800 - 1882
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 73
1827 - 1882
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 74
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Challis ranks 4,433 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Hodgskin (1787), Reginald Denny (1891), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Ian Wallace (1946), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), and Margaret Drabble (1939). After him are Pip Torrens (1960), Michael Robinson (1958), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Owain Gwynedd (1100), David Beaton (1494), and Sam Houser (1972).
1787 - 1869
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 4,427
1891 - 1967
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 4,428
1862 - 1935
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 4,429
1946 - 2007
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 4,430
1320 - 1350
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 4,431
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 4,432
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 4,433
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 4,434
1958 - 2020
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 4,435
1951 - 2016
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 4,436
1100 - 1170
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 4,437
1494 - 1546
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 4,438
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 4,439
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Challis ranks 62. Before him are Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and Richard A. Proctor (1837). After him are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), David C. Jewitt (1958), Thomas Brisbane (1773), James Ferguson (1710), and Arnold Wolfendale (1927).
1941 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 56
1923 - 2012
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 57
1848 - 1931
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 58
1844 - 1921
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 59
1843 - 1920
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 60
1837 - 1888
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 61
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 62
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 63
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 64
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 65
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 66
1710 - 1776
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 67
1927 - 2020
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 68