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Jing Fang

78 BC - 37 BC

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Jing Fang (Chinese: 京房; pinyin: Jīng Fáng; Wade–Giles: Ching Fang, 78–37 BC), born Li Fang (李房), courtesy name Junming (君明), was born in present-day 東郡頓丘 (Puyang, Henan) during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). He was a Chinese music theorist, mathematician and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jing Fang has received more than 68,029 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jing Fang is the 329th most popular astronomer (up from 330th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from China (down from 766th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Astronomer.

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  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jing Fang ranks 329 out of 644. Before him are Eise Eisinga, Fang Lizhi, David H. Levy, Félix Tisserand, Christine Kirch, and Joseph Helffrich. After him are Alvan Clark, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Geminiano Montanari, Raymond Smith Dugan, Elia Millosevich, and Wilhelm Julius Foerster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 78 BC, Jing Fang ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 37 BC, Jing Fang ranks 2. Before him is Antigonus II Mattathias.

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    Jing Fang

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    78 BC - 37 BC

    HPI: 51.10

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Jing Fang ranks 807 out of 1,610. Before him are Fang Lizhi (1936), Fou Ts'ong (1934), Shannon Lucid (1943), Qian Qichen (1928), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), and Wang Changling (698). After him are Chen Qimei (1878), Wu Jingzi (1701), Li Zhaoxing (1940), Li Ning (1963), Xue Yue (1896), and Chögyam Trungpa (1939).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In China

Among astronomers born in China, Jing Fang ranks 3. Before him are Gan De (-400), and Fang Lizhi (1936). After him are Frank Shu (1943), and John Dobson (1915).

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