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James Craig Watson

1838 - 1880

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James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 23, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Craig Watson has received more than 37,526 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Craig Watson is the 325th most popular astronomer (down from 179th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 127th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Craig Watson ranks 325 out of 531. Before him are André Patry, Michael van Langren, Geminiano Montanari, Johann III Bernoulli, Luigi Carnera, and Carl Gustav Witt. After him are Alvan Clark, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Frank Muller, Philippe van Lansberge, Jing Fang, and Cyril Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, James Craig Watson ranks 70. Before him are Emil Rathenau, Paul Mauser, Thomas Blake Glover, Valeriano Weyler, John Hay, and Henry Irving. After him are James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Henry Adams, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Gotō Shōjirō, Giovanni Cagliero, and Toyohara Chikanobu. Among people deceased in 1880, James Craig Watson ranks 42. Before him are Lucretia Mott, Edwin Drake, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Edmond Albius, Manuel Montt, and Nikolay Zinin. After him are Benjamin Peirce, Nils Johan Andersson, Izmail Sreznevsky, Napoléon Henri Reber, Karl von Holtei, and William Hallowes Miller.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, James Craig Watson ranks 242 out of 1,350. Before him are Mark Robson (1913), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Louis Jolliet (1645), Jon Vickers (1926), Jacques Villeneuve (1953), and Mordecai Richler (1931). After him are Brian Orser (1961), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Anne Hébert (1916), Harry Saltzman (1915), and Natasha Henstridge (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, James Craig Watson ranks 3. Before him are Arthur B. McDonald (1943) and Hubert Reeves (1932). After him are John Stanley Plaskett (1865), David H. Levy (1948), Wendy Freedman (1957), Sara Seager (1971), Brett J. Gladman (1966), and Dale Frail (1961).

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