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Richard A. Proctor

1837 - 1888

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Richard Anthony Proctor (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 39,188 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard A. Proctor is the 490th most popular astronomer, the 4,352nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 61st most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.25

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Richard A. Proctor ranks 490 out of 531. Before him are Yuji Hyakutake, Grove Karl Gilbert, Walter Frederick Gale, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, John N. Bahcall, and Wilhelm Anderson. After him are James Challis, Cuno Hoffmeister, Mary Adela Blagg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Irwin I. Shapiro, and David L. Rabinowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Richard A. Proctor ranks 99. Before him are Carl Koldewey, Leo Königsberger, Atis Kronvalds, Pedro Varela, Theodor Rosetti, and Juan Lindolfo Cuestas. After him are Georg Ossian Sars, Georg Bühler, Charles Ammi Cutter, Mark Hanna, Nell Arthur, and John Burroughs. Among people deceased in 1888, Richard A. Proctor ranks 73. Before him are Francesco Faà di Bruno, Charles Duclerc, Alessandro Antonelli, Jan van Beers, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, and Arsène Darmesteter. After him are Morrison Waite and Roscoe Conkling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 4,352 out of 7,765. Before him are Joe Mercer (1914), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Stephen Leacock (1869), Aneurin Bevan (1897), and Brian Robertson (1956). After him are Bert Williams (1920), Ove Arup (1895), Kim Newman (1959), Chris Irwin (1942), Paul Ritter (1966), and Zak Starkey (1965).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 61. Before him are William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), and William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843). After him are James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), David C. Jewitt (1958), Thomas Brisbane (1773), and James Ferguson (1710).

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