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Nevil Maskelyne

1732 - 1811

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Nevil Maskelyne (; 6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the mass of the planet Earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nevil Maskelyne has received more than 177,540 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nevil Maskelyne is the 244th most popular astronomer (down from 184th in 2019), the 2,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,710th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nevil Maskelyne ranks 244 out of 531Before him are James Edward Keeler, Johannes Schöner, Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, Cleostratus, and Freimut Börngen. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Fred Lawrence Whipple, William Cranch Bond, Seth Carlo Chandler, Hubert Reeves, and Paul Wild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Nevil Maskelyne ranks 23Before him are Peter Forsskål, Joseph Gaertner, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and František Brixi. After him are Johan Peter Falk, Frederick North, Lord North, David Rittenhouse, Shuja-ud-Daula, José Celestino Mutis, and Richard Henry Lee. Among people deceased in 1811, Nevil Maskelyne ranks 10Before him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Ignacio Allende. After him are Marie-Joseph Chénier, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Mariano Moreno, Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana, and Juan de Villanueva.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nevil Maskelyne ranks 2,169 out of 7,765Before him are F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), Roger Bannister (1929), Roy Harrod (1900), Ken Annakin (1914), Jamie Dornan (1982), and John Glen (1932). After him are Ruth Belville (1854), Shane MacGowan (1957), Christine McVie (1943), Reginald Doherty (1872), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), and Joseph Larmor (1857).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Nevil Maskelyne ranks 32Before him are James Dunlop (1793), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Alfred Fowler (1868), James Ferguson (1797), John Michell (1724), and James Glaisher (1809). After him are George Mary Searle (1839), David Gill (1843), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700).