ASTRONOMER

Ralph Copeland

1837 - 1905

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Ralph Copeland FRSE FRAS (3 September 1837 – 27 October 1905) was an English astronomer and the third Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Copeland has received more than 12,351 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ralph Copeland is the 369th most popular astronomer (up from 430th in 2019), the 3,010th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ralph Copelands by language

Over the past year Ralph Copeland has had the most page views in the with 1,515 views, followed by Russian (899), and Chinese (795). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (179.59%), Arabic (78.85%), and Zazaki (61.00%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ralph Copeland ranks 369 out of 644. Before him are Jean Richer, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Richard Martin West, Dirk Brouwer, Alvan Graham Clark, and Paul Götz. After him are James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, Frank Watson Dyson, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Brian G. Marsden, and Adrien Auzout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Ralph Copeland ranks 86. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Wilhelm Lexis, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Alphonse Legros, Paul Gordan, and Artur Grottger. After him are Thomas Moran, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, Jacob Maris, Anna Filosofova, Carl Koldewey, and Georg von Kopp. Among people deceased in 1905, Ralph Copeland ranks 67. Before him are Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Charles Yerkes, Hermann Usener, Célestine Galli-Marié, Theodoros Diligiannis, and Francesco Tamagno. After him are René Goblet, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Hranush Arshagyan, Kārlis Baumanis, and Simeon Solomon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ralph Copeland ranks 3,010 out of 8,785. Before him are Timothy Laurence (1955), Andy Bell (1964), Richard Hooker (1554), John Winthrop (1588), Henry Raeburn (1756), and George Graham (1673). After him are Henry Shrapnel (1761), Walter Map (1140), Alkmund of Derby (800), Alan Young (1919), Jonathan Nolan (1976), and Michael Gothard (1939).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Ralph Copeland ranks 44. Before him are John Michell (1724), Alfred Fowler (1868), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), and Beatrice Tinsley (1941). After him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Johann von Lamont (1805), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), and William Rutter Dawes (1799).

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