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John Bevis

1695 - 1771

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John Bevis (10 November 1695 – 6 November 1771) was an English medical doctor, electrical researcher and astronomer. He is best known for discovering the Crab Nebula in 1731. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, being awarded his B.A. in 1715 and his M.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bevis has received more than 42,415 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Bevis is the 220th most popular astronomer (down from 182nd in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,673rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Bevis ranks 220 out of 644. Before him are Erasmus Reinhold, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Antonio de Ulloa, Rudolf Wolf, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and Heinrich Christian Schumacher. After him are Sergey Belyavsky, Benjamin Baillaud, Johannes Fabricius, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, George William Hill, and Antonín Mrkos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, John Bevis ranks 10. Before him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Giuseppe Sammartini, Adrien Manglard, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, and Martin van Meytens. After him are François de Cuvilliés, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Edward Braddock, Gustaf Lundberg, and Johann Christian Günther. Among people deceased in 1771, John Bevis ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, and Alexei Razumovsky. After him are Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Tobias Smollett, František Brixi, Thomas Gray, Johann Gottlieb Graun, and Dmitry Laptev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bevis ranks 1,806 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert F. Mummery (1855), George Meredith (1828), Renée Vivien (1877), E. Nesbit (1858), Ernest Bevin (1881), and Sam Worthington (1976). After him are Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Michael Sheen (1969), Tom Felton (1987), Robert Morrison (1782), Nigel Terry (1945), and Nick Simper (1945).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Bevis ranks 32. Before him are N. R. Pogson (1829), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Francis Baily (1774), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Ferguson (1797), and David Gill (1843). After him are Cyril Jackson (1903), George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), John Machin (1680), and John Michell (1724).

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