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Johann von Lamont

1805 - 1879

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Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1805 – 6 August 1879), born John Lamont, was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann von Lamont has received more than 19,512 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann von Lamont is the 310th most popular astronomer (up from 319th in 2019), the 2,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,680th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann von Lamont ranks 310 out of 531Before her are Nathaniel Bliss, Richard Martin West, Norman Lockyer, Giorgio Abetti, Fang Lizhi, and Daniel Kirkwood. After her are Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Charles Dillon Perrine, Richard Christopher Carrington, Edward Sabine, Christine Kirch, and Tadeáš Hájek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Johann von Lamont ranks 42Before her are Johann Karl Rodbertus, Alexander Braun, Anton von Schmerling, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Mary Seacole, and Mastoureh Ardalan. After her are Esteban Echeverría, Auguste Barbier, Hugo von Mohl, Alexander Burnes, Rudolf Wagner, and Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys. Among people deceased in 1879, Johann von Lamont ranks 40Before her are Joseph Poelaert, William Kingdon Clifford, Joseph Hooker, Miguel Grau Seminario, Anthony Panizzi, and Jeanne Jugan. After her are Jakob Dubs, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, William Froude, Lyuben Karavelov, Rowland Hill, and Immanuel Hermann Fichte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johann von Lamont ranks 2,646 out of 7,765Before her are David Heyman (1961), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), John Lilburne (1614), Philip Jackson (1948), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), and Charli XCX (1992). After her are Iain Banks (1954), Patrick Doyle (1953), Arthur Russell (1886), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), Reginald Punnett (1875), and Minnie Driver (1970).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Johann von Lamont ranks 40Before her are David Gill (1843), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), and Norman Lockyer (1836). After her are Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Cyril Jackson (1903), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), and Harry Edwin Wood (1881).