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Mary Ward

1827 - 1869

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Mary Ward (née King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ward has received more than 28,773 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mary Ward is the 557th most popular astronomer (down from 396th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 200th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Irish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Mary Ward ranks 557 out of 644. Before her are Avi Loeb, David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, Thomas Romney Robinson, and Richard A. Proctor. After her are Bruce C. Murray, John August Anderson, Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, and Thomas Bopp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Mary Ward ranks 67. Before her are Barbara Bodichon, Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Emma Schenson, William Burges, John Owen, and Richard Morris Hunt. After her are Afzal-ud-Daulah, William Windom, Henry Warner Slocum, Augustus Pitt Rivers, Hiram Rhodes Revels, and Milton Latham. Among people deceased in 1869, Mary Ward ranks 64. Before her are Diomidis Kyriakos, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Robert J. Walker, Charles Sturt, Michael Sars, and John Bell. After her are Afzal-ud-Daulah, John Cassin, William P. Fessenden, Edward Bates, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Mary Ward ranks 315 out of 549. Before her are Róisín Murphy (1973), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Terry Wogan (1938), and Dave Allen (1936). After her are Joseph Plunkett (1887), Barry Keoghan (1992), Nicky Byrne (1978), Damien Rice (1973), Frank O'Farrell (1927), and Robert Emmet (1778).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Ireland

Among astronomers born in Ireland, Mary Ward ranks 8. Before her are Edward Sabine (1788), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), Mary Proctor (1862), and Thomas Romney Robinson (1792).

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