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Nathaniel Bliss

1700 - 1764

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Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700 – 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764. Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathaniel Bliss has received more than 38,607 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Bliss is the 387th most popular astronomer (down from 304th in 2019), the 3,163rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,590th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 387 out of 644. Before him are Margaret Geller, André Patry, Henry E. Holt, James L. Elliot, Alenush Terian, and George Henry Peters. After him are Janet Akyüz Mattei, George O. Abell, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Ernst Hartwig, Albrecht Unsöld, and Joseph Johann von Littrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 33. Before him are Semyon Chelyuskin, Stanisław Konarski, Pietro Bracci, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, and Khariton Laptev. After him are Abdul Aziz Hotak, James Thomson, Mary Delany, and Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1764, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 18. Before him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Picander, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Hans Adolph Brorson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 3,163 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Dudeney (1857), Roy Harper (1941), Una Stubbs (1937), James Milner (1986), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), and Michael Ball (1962). After him are Wilko Johnson (1947), John D. Barrow (1952), John Steiner (1941), Clive Bell (1881), Sophie Kinsella (1969), and Jack Goody (1919).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 47. Before him are Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Ralph Copeland (1837), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), and Johann von Lamont (1805). After him are Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and William Frederick Denning (1848).

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