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James Glaisher

1809 - 1903

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James Glaisher FRS (7 April 1809 – 7 February 1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Glaisher has received more than 1,152,197 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James Glaisher is the 233rd most popular astronomer (down from 190th in 2019), the 2,047th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,739th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Glaisher ranks 233 out of 531Before him are Nancy Roman, Thomas Gold, John Michell, Agrippa, Henri Debehogne, and Eleanor F. Helin. After him are Adriaan Blaauw, Rudolph Minkowski, Didier Queloz, Halton Arp, James Edward Keeler, and Johannes Schöner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, James Glaisher ranks 41Before him are Jules Favre, Edward FitzGerald, Heinrich Hoffmann, Matsumura Sōkon, Karl Koch, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts. After him are Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Cyrus McCormick, Rutherford Alcock, Louis Charles Delescluze, and Manuel Montt. Among people deceased in 1903, James Glaisher ranks 35Before him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Béni Kállay, Frederick Law Olmsted, Émile Baudot, William Ernest Henley, and Hans Gude. After him are Apolinario Mabini, Malwida von Meysenbug, Luigi Cremona, Alexander Bain, Adrien Proust, and Giuseppe Zanardelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Glaisher ranks 2,047 out of 7,765Before him are Jonny Lee Miller (1972), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), F. H. Bradley (1846), Michael Powell (1905), Gordon Milne (1937), and Michael Dummett (1925). After him are Paul Nurse (1949), William Cullen (1710), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Jimmy Savile (1926), and Mike Rutherford (1950).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Glaisher ranks 31Before him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), James Dunlop (1793), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Alfred Fowler (1868), James Ferguson (1797), and John Michell (1724). After him are Nevil Maskelyne (1732), George Mary Searle (1839), David Gill (1843), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), and Frank Watson Dyson (1868).