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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 20,068 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Ferguson is the 519th most popular astronomer (down from 491st in 2019), the 4,898th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,581st in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Ferguson ranks 519 out of 531. Before him are Yoshisada Shimizu, Fernand Rigaux, Ernest Esclangon, Kenzo Suzuki, Thomas Bopp, and John Broughton. After him are Charles W. Juels, Merieme Chadid, Bruce C. Murray, Ewine van Dishoeck, A. E. Douglass, and György Kulin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, James Ferguson ranks 26. Before him are Abraham Trembley, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Georg Pinsel, Charles Simon Favart, Adam Gottlob Moltke, and Carl Alexander Clerck.  Among people deceased in 1776, James Ferguson ranks 14. Before him are Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, John Ellis, Sabah I bin Jaber, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Johann Jakob Breitinger, and Nathan Hale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 4,898 out of 7,765. Before him are Edmund Rubbra (1901), Ellie Goulding (1986), Jim Lea (1949), Alex Kapranos (1972), Stuart Baxter (1953), and Princess Eugenie of York (1990). After him are C. H. Douglas (1879), Tom Odell (1990), Philip Massinger (1583), Rupert Davies (1916), Lynne Frederick (1954), and Katie Leung (1987).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 67. Before him are Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Thomas Brisbane (1773). After him are Arnold Wolfendale (1927).

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