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John Bevis

1695 - 1771

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John Bevis (10 November 1695 in Salisbury, Wiltshire – 6 November 1771) was an English 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 38,802 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Bevis is the 182nd most popular astronomer (up from 188th in 2019), the 1,678th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,723rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Bevis ranks 182 out of 531. Before him are Dominique, comte de Cassini, August Kopff, William Henry Pickering, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and Margherita Hack. After him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, Antonio de Ulloa, Lyudmila Chernykh, and Robert Grant Aitken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, John Bevis ranks 8. Before him are Pietro Locatelli, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Adrien Manglard, Henri Pitot, and Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti. After him are Giuseppe Sammartini, François de Cuvilliés, Johann Christian Günther, and Edward Braddock. Among people deceased in 1771, John Bevis ranks 11. Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Alexei Razumovsky, and Thomas Gray. After him are Tobias Smollett, František Brixi, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Dmitry Laptev, and Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bevis ranks 1,678 out of 7,765. Before him are Steve Howe (1947), Mike Leigh (1943), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Michael Owen (1979), Harold Bride (1890), and June Almeida (1930). After him are John Rolfe (1585), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Henry Pelham (1694), Elias Ashmole (1617), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Havelock Ellis (1859).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Bevis ranks 23. Before him are Adelard of Bath (1075), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), John Russell Hind (1823), Williamina Fleming (1857), N. R. Pogson (1829), and Margaret Burbidge (1919). After him are Francis Baily (1774), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), James Dunlop (1793), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Alfred Fowler (1868), and James Ferguson (1797).

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