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John Pond

1767 - 1836

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John Pond FRS (1767 – 7 September 1836) was a renowned 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 37,494 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Pond is the 412th most popular astronomer (up from 465th in 2019), the 3,448th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,989th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Pond ranks 412 out of 531. Before her are Horace W. Babcock, Friedrich Tietjen, Barnaba Oriani, Stéphane Javelle, Vincenzo Cerulli, and Albrecht Unsöld. After her are Willem Jacob Luyten, Elizabeth Roemer, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Alenush Terian, Joel Stebbins, and Herbert Hall Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, John Pond ranks 49. Before her are Bashir Shihab II, Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Joseph-François Michaud, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Rachel Jackson. After her is Wenzel Müller. Among people deceased in 1836, John Pond ranks 44. Before her are Adolf Stieler, William B. Travis, Edward Livingston, Edward Turner Bennett, Stephen F. Austin, and Miguel Barragán. After her are William Elford Leach, Dániel Berzsenyi, Emily Donelson, Charles Wilkins, Tenskwatawa, and Begum Samru.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 3,448 out of 7,765. Before her are Ashley Young (1985), Michael Giles (1942), Henry Taylor (1885), Martin McDonagh (1970), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887). After her are Jesse Lingard (1992), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Flora Sandes (1876), Albert Hill (1889), Hayley Mills (1946), and John Richardson (1787).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 50. Before her are Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Christie (1845), and Geoffrey Burbidge (1925). After her are Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), and Beatrice Tinsley (1941).

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