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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 35,434 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Bliss is the 304th most popular astronomer (up from 361st in 2019), the 2,596th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,972nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 304 out of 531. Before him are Franz Kaiser, Christopher Hansteen, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Adam Riess, Carl Keenan Seyfert, and Marguerite Laugier. After him are Richard Martin West, Norman Lockyer, Giorgio Abetti, Fang Lizhi, Daniel Kirkwood, and Johann von Lamont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 29. Before him are Michel Blavet, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Semyon Chelyuskin, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Sabah I bin Jaber, and Stanisław Konarski. After him are Picander, Khariton Laptev, Abdul Aziz Hotak, James Thomson, and Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1764, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 15. Before him are Johann Mattheson, Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, and Semyon Chelyuskin. After him are Picander and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 2,596 out of 7,765. Before him are John Winthrop (1588), David Bailey (1938), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Warwick Davis (1970), Rutherford Alcock (1809), and Douglas Bader (1910). After him are Tommy Lawrence (1940), Richard Bremmer (1953), Phil Campbell (1961), Nobby Stiles (1942), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), and Catherine of York (1479).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 38. Before him are Nevil Maskelyne (1732), George Mary Searle (1839), David Gill (1843), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), and Frank Watson Dyson (1868). After him are Norman Lockyer (1836), Johann von Lamont (1805), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Cyril Jackson (1903), Brian G. Marsden (1937), and Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880).

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