ASTRONOMER

James Ferguson

1710 - 1776

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James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Ferguson has received more than 21,300 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Ferguson is the 578th most popular astronomer (down from 519th in 2019), the 5,552nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,886th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Ferguson ranks 578 out of 644. Before him are A. E. Douglass, Margaret Harwood, Christian Pollas, Kin Endate, Kenzo Suzuki, and Mary Watson Whitney. After him are Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Adelaide Ames, Madge Adam, Maura Tombelli, Arnold Wolfendale, and Masayuki Yanai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, James Ferguson ranks 27. Before him are Adam Gottlob Moltke, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Johann Georg Pinsel, Charles Simon Favart, John Ellis, and Paul Möhring.  Among people deceased in 1776, James Ferguson ranks 15. Before him are Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, Giuseppe Asclepi, Johann Jakob Breitinger, and Nathan Hale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 5,552 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Lodge (1558), Bryn Terfel (1965), Alex Pettyfer (1990), H. R. F. Keating (1926), Pamela Brown (1917), and Nora Swinburne (1902). After him are Johnny Douglas (1882), Dominic Howard (1977), Paul Jones (1942), Miles Malleson (1888), Tom Chaplin (1979), and George K. Arthur (1899).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 67. Before him are William Christie (1845), John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Brisbane (1773), and Richard A. Proctor (1837). After him are Madge Adam (1912), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).

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