1826 - 1875
Richard Christopher Carrington (26 May 1826 – 27 November 1875) was an English amateur astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae; and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Christopher Carrington has received more than 121,422 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Christopher Carrington is the 313th most popular astronomer (down from 284th in 2019), the 2,655th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,382nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Richard Christopher Carrington ranks 313 out of 531. Before him are Giorgio Abetti, Fang Lizhi, Daniel Kirkwood, Johann von Lamont, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, and Charles Dillon Perrine. After him are Edward Sabine, Christine Kirch, Tadeáš Hájek, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Adrien Auzout, and André Patry.
1882 - 1982
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 307
1936 - 2012
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 308
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 309
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 310
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 311
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 312
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 313
1788 - 1883
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 314
1697 - 1782
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 315
1525 - 1600
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 316
1918 - 1995
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 317
1622 - 1691
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 318
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 319
Among people born in 1826, Richard Christopher Carrington ranks 39. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Karl Gegenbaur, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Franz Grashof, and Mohamed Sherif Pasha. After him are Princess Augusta of Württemberg, Gustave Moynier, Domenico Morelli, Julia Grant, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, and İbrahim Şinasi. Among people deceased in 1875, Richard Christopher Carrington ranks 54. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Charles Grandison Finney, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Charles Kingsley, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Leopold III, Prince of Lippe. After him are Carl Jakob Sundevall, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, George Pickett, Atanasio Aguirre, Mikhail Pogodin, and José María Ventura Casas.
1826 - 1896
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 33
1826 - 1902
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 34
1826 - 1903
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 35
1826 - 1908
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 36
1826 - 1893
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 37
1826 - 1887
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 38
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 39
1826 - 1898
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 40
1826 - 1910
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 41
1826 - 1901
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 42
1826 - 1902
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 43
1826 - 1899
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 44
1826 - 1871
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 45
1798 - 1875
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 48
1792 - 1875
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 49
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 50
1819 - 1875
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 51
1812 - 1875
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 52
1821 - 1875
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 53
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 54
1801 - 1875
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 55
1820 - 1875
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 56
1825 - 1875
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 57
1801 - 1875
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 58
1800 - 1875
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 59
1817 - 1875
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 60
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Christopher Carrington ranks 2,655 out of 7,765. Before him are Arthur Russell (1886), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), Reginald Punnett (1875), Minnie Driver (1970), Charles Warren (1840), and John Turner (1929). After him are John Henry Mackay (1864), Ian Stewart (1945), I. A. Richards (1893), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Barry Morse (1918), and Mary Sidney (1561).
1886 - 1972
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 2,649
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 2,650
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 2,651
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 2,652
1840 - 1927
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 2,653
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 2,654
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 2,655
1864 - 1933
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 2,656
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 2,657
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 2,658
1539 - 1583
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 2,659
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 2,660
1561 - 1621
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 2,661
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Richard Christopher Carrington ranks 41. Before him are Robert T. A. Innes (1861), John Machin (1680), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Norman Lockyer (1836), and Johann von Lamont (1805). After him are Cyril Jackson (1903), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), and Harold Spencer Jones (1890).
1861 - 1933
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 35
1680 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 36
1868 - 1939
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 37
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 38
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 39
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 40
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 41
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 42
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 43
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 44
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 45
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 46
1890 - 1960
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 47