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Richard A. Proctor

1837 - 1888

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Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard A. Proctor has received more than 41,954 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard A. Proctor is the 556th most popular astronomer (down from 490th in 2019), the 5,138th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,343rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Richard A. Proctor ranks 556 out of 644. Before him are Thomas Brisbane, Avi Loeb, David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, and Thomas Romney Robinson. After him are Mary Ward, Bruce C. Murray, John August Anderson, Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, and Alfred Bohrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Richard A. Proctor ranks 110. Before him are Atis Kronvalds, Georg Ossian Sars, Theodor Rosetti, Joachim IV of Constantinople, José Burgos, and Georg Bühler. After him are Nell Arthur, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Mark Hanna, Charles Ammi Cutter, P. B. S. Pinchback, and John Burroughs. Among people deceased in 1888, Richard A. Proctor ranks 81. Before him are Jan van Beers, Morrison Waite, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Henry James Sumner Maine, Jules d'Anethan, and George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan. After him is Roscoe Conkling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 5,138 out of 8,785. Before him are Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Robinson (1958), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), John Speed (1551), Humphrey Searle (1915), and Sophia Di Martino (1983). After him are Sonya Walger (1974), Philip Massinger (1583), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Paul Scott (1920), Jimmy Gallagher (1901), and Alex Stepney (1942).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 66. Before him are James Challis (1803), William Christie (1845), John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), and Thomas Brisbane (1773). After him are James Ferguson (1710), Madge Adam (1912), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).

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