1695 - 1771
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, 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.
1748 - 1845
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 176
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 177
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 178
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 179
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 180
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 181
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 182
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 183
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 184
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 185
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 186
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 187
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 188
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.
1695 - 1764
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 2
1695 - 1719
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 3
1695 - 1726
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 4
1695 - 1760
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 5
1695 - 1771
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 6
1695 - 1727
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 7
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 8
1695 - 1750
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 9
1695 - 1768
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 10
1695 - 1723
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 11
1695 - 1755
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 12
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 5
1695 - 1771
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 6
1707 - 1771
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 7
1704 - 1771
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 8
1709 - 1771
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 9
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 10
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 11
1721 - 1771
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 12
1732 - 1771
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 13
1700 - 1771
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 14
1703 - 1771
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 15
1701 - 1771
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 16
1739 - 1771
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 17
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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 1,672
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,673
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,674
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,675
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,676
1930 - 2007
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,677
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,678
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,679
1516 - 1547
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,680
1694 - 1754
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,681
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,682
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,683
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,684
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).
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 17
1800 - 1867
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 18
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 19
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 20
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 21
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 22
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 23
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 24
1851 - 1928
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 25
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 27
1868 - 1940
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 28
1797 - 1867
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 29