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N. R. Pogson

1829 - 1891

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Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of N. R. Pogson has received more than 45,989 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. N. R. Pogson is the 185th most popular astronomer (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,556th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,503rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, N. R. Pogson ranks 185 out of 644. Before him are Margaret Burbidge, Jacobus Kapteyn, Lyudmila Chernykh, Jean Chacornac, Seleucus of Seleucia, and William Henry Pickering. After him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Henri Debehogne, Edward L. G. Bowell, Andrew Graham, Robert Grant Aitken, and Yrjö Väisälä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, N. R. Pogson ranks 25. Before him are Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, John of Kronstadt, William Booth, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Ivan Sechenov. After him are Maurice Joly, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ludvig Lorenz, Joaquin Murrieta, Robert Nobel, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel. Among people deceased in 1891, N. R. Pogson ranks 44. Before him are Joseph E. Johnston, Théodore de Banville, Fredrik Pacius, Pierre de Decker, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, and Jean Stas. After him are Aleksander Chodźko, Giovanni Morelli, Carl Nägeli, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, and Ludvig Lorenz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, N. R. Pogson ranks 1,556 out of 8,785. Before him are Boy George (1961), John Maynard Smith (1920), Dick Taylor (1943), Willehad (735), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), and David Purley (1945). After him are Simon Rattle (1955), Philip Kerr (1956), Clive Barker (1952), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), and Bear Grylls (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, N. R. Pogson ranks 26. Before him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), James Glaisher (1809), Norman Lockyer (1836), Williamina Fleming (1857), William Robert Brooks (1844), and Margaret Burbidge (1919). After him are Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Francis Baily (1774), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), James Ferguson (1797), David Gill (1843), and John Bevis (1695).

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