1829 - 1891
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 32,339 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. N. R. Pogson is the 136th most popular astronomer (up from 145th in 2019), the 1,249th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,285th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, N. R. Pogson ranks 136 out of 532. Before him are Walter Sydney Adams, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Arthur Auwers, Vesto Slipher, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, and Ernst Öpik. After him are Maslama al-Majriti, Maria Mitchell, William Henry Pickering, Guillaume Bigourdan, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, and Abu-Mahmud Khojandi.
1876 - 1956
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 130
1921 - 2015
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 131
1838 - 1915
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 132
1875 - 1969
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 133
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 134
1893 - 1985
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 135
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 136
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 137
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 138
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 139
1851 - 1932
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 140
1688 - 1768
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 141
940 - 1000
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 142
Among people born in 1829, N. R. Pogson ranks 17. Before him are Theodor Billroth, Anselm Feuerbach, Philip Sclater, Ranavalona II, William Booth, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. After him are Adolf Eugen Fick, Tự Đức, Ivan Sechenov, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and John of Kronstadt. Among people deceased in 1891, N. R. Pogson ranks 39. Before him are Kalākaua, Theophil Hansen, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Fredrik Pacius, and Théodore de Banville. After him are Carl Nägeli, Leon Pinsker, Giovanni Morelli, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Joseph E. Johnston, and Mihail Kogălniceanu.
1829 - 1894
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 11
1829 - 1880
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 12
1829 - 1913
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 13
1829 - 1883
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 14
1829 - 1912
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 15
1829 - 1862
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 16
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 17
1829 - 1901
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 18
1829 - 1883
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 19
1829 - 1905
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 20
1829 - 1863
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 21
1829 - 1880
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 22
1829 - 1908
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 23
1836 - 1891
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 33
1813 - 1891
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 34
1813 - 1891
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 35
1820 - 1891
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 36
1809 - 1891
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 37
1823 - 1891
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 38
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 39
1817 - 1891
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 40
1821 - 1891
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 41
1816 - 1891
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 42
1833 - 1891
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 43
1807 - 1891
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 44
1817 - 1891
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, N. R. Pogson ranks 1,249 out of 6,924. Before him are Thomas Hodgkin (1798), E. P. Thompson (1924), David Byron (1947), Howard Staunton (1810), Neil Gaiman (1960), and Ken Russell (1927). After him are Thomas Arne (1710), Boy George (1961), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), John Nash (1752), and Ryan Giggs (1973).
1798 - 1866
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 1,243
1924 - 1993
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 1,244
1947 - 1985
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 1,245
1810 - 1874
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 1,246
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 1,247
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 1,248
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 1,249
1710 - 1778
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,250
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,251
1475 - 1499
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,252
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,253
1752 - 1835
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,254
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,255
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, N. R. Pogson ranks 20. Before him are George Biddell Airy (1801), William Huggins (1824), Margaret Burbidge (1919), John Russell Hind (1823), Adelard of Bath (1075), and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800). After him are Nevil Maskelyne (1732), John Bevis (1695), James Glaisher (1809), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), John Michell (1724), and James Dunlop (1793).
1801 - 1892
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 14
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 15
1919 - 2020
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 16
1823 - 1895
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 17
1075 - 1160
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 18
1800 - 1867
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 19
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 20
1732 - 1811
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 21
1695 - 1771
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 22
1809 - 1903
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 23
1851 - 1928
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 24
1724 - 1793
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1793 - 1848
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 26