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John Machin

1680 - 1751

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John Machin (bapt. c. 1686 – June 9, 1751) was a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Machin has received more than 88,431 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Machin is the 283rd most popular astronomer (up from 289th in 2019), the 2,442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,408th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 50.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Machin ranks 283 out of 531. Before him are Karl Christian Bruhns, Mashallah ibn Athari, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Liisi Oterma, and Heikki A. Alikoski. After him are Frank Watson Dyson, André-Louis Danjon, Benjamin Baillaud, Raymond Smith Dugan, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, and Otto Lesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, John Machin ranks 14. Before him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Saliha Sultan, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Ephraim Chambers, Emanuele d'Astorga, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. After him are Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1751, John Machin ranks 18. Before him are Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert Maynard, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Nicola Salvi, János Pálffy, and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. After him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Henri François d'Aguesseau, George Graham, and Benjamin Robins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Machin ranks 2,442 out of 7,765. Before him are Nancy Mitford (1904), Ronald Neame (1911), William Cowper (1731), Ceol of Wessex (600), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), and James Galway (1939). After him are Paul Davies (1946), Anabella Drummond (1350), Jon Finch (1942), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Tony Brise (1952), and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Machin ranks 36. Before him are John Michell (1724), James Glaisher (1809), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), George Mary Searle (1839), David Gill (1843), and Robert T. A. Innes (1861). After him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Norman Lockyer (1836), Johann von Lamont (1805), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), and Cyril Jackson (1903).

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