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John Pond

1767 - 1836

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John Pond FRS (1767 – 7 September 1836) was an English astronomer who became the sixth Astronomer Royal, serving from 1811 to 1835. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pond has received more than 40,995 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Pond is the 530th most popular astronomer (down from 412th in 2019), the 4,749th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,440th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 2.39

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Pond ranks 530 out of 644. Before her are Okuro Oikawa, Roy A. Tucker, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, William Christie, Edward S. Holden, and Marc Aaronson. After her are Yoshisada Shimizu, Robert H. McNaught, Grove Karl Gilbert, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Charles Augustus Young, and Kiichirō Furukawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, John Pond ranks 52. Before her are Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Rachel Jackson, William Martin, and Wenzel Müller.  Among people deceased in 1836, John Pond ranks 51. Before her are Marc-Antoine Parseval, Edward Livingston, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Charles Wilkins, Emily Donelson, and Dániel Berzsenyi. After her are Tenskwatawa, and Begum Samru.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 4,749 out of 8,785. Before her are Tony Woodcock (1955), Samantha Morton (1977), Mark Lester (1958), Pete Quaife (1943), George Rodger (1908), and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790). After her are Steve Ovett (1955), John Gray (1948), A. H. M. Jones (1904), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), Fred Davis (1913), and Kieran Trippier (1990).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 62. Before her are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), William Henry Smyth (1788), Patrick Moore (1923), David C. Jewitt (1958), James Challis (1803), and William Christie (1845). After her are Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Ferguson (1710), and Madge Adam (1912).

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