1711 - 1787
Roger Joseph Boscovich (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković; pronounced [rûd͡ʑer jǒsip bôʃkoʋit͡ɕ]; Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; Latin: Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works. Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Joseph Boscovich has received more than 367,389 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Joseph Boscovich is the 28th most popular astronomer (down from 24th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Croatia and the most popular Croatian Astronomer.
Roger Joseph Boscovich was a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa (now Croatia) who made significant contributions to a wide range of fields including mathematics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. He is known for his development of the atomic theory of matter, which proposed that atoms are not solid, indivisible particles but rather dynamic entities that are constantly interacting with one another. He also made important contributions to the field of optics and was a pioneer in the study of the nature of light.
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Among astronomers, Roger Joseph Boscovich ranks 28 out of 531. Before her are Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Johannes Hevelius, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, and Jamshīd al-Kāshī. After her are Avempace, William Alfred Fowler, Johann Gottfried Galle, Fred Hoyle, Johann Bayer, and Caroline Herschel.
903 - 986
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 22
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 23
1746 - 1826
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 24
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 25
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 26
1380 - 1429
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 27
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 28
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 29
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 30
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 31
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 32
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 33
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1711, Roger Joseph Boscovich ranks 4. Before her are David Hume, Qianlong Emperor, and Mikhail Lomonosov. After her are William IV, Prince of Orange, Laura Bassi, Barbara of Portugal, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Ablai Khan, and Georg Wilhelm Richmann. Among people deceased in 1787, Roger Joseph Boscovich ranks 3. Before her are Christoph Willibald Gluck and Leopold Mozart. After her are Alphonsus Liguori, Sophie of France, Carl Friedrich Abel, Louise of France, Şahin Giray, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Pompeo Batoni, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, and William Watson.
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 1
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1711 - 1765
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 4
1711 - 1751
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 5
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 6
1711 - 1758
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 7
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 8
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 9
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 10
1711 - 1781
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 11
1711 - 1753
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 12
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 1
1719 - 1787
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 2
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 3
1696 - 1787
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 4
1786 - 1787
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Rank: 5
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 6
1737 - 1787
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 7
1745 - 1787
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 8
1723 - 1787
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 9
1708 - 1787
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 10
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 11
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 12
Among people born in Croatia, Roger Joseph Boscovich ranks 12 out of 589. Before her are Valens (328), Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valentinian I (321), Laura Antonelli (1941), János Kádár (1912), and Pope John IV (600). After her are Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Mario Andretti (1940), Svetozar Boroević (1856), Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), and Franz von Suppé (1819).
328 - 378
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 6
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 7
321 - 375
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 8
1941 - 2015
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 9
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 10
600 - 642
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 11
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 12
250 - 296
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 13
275 - 366
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
1856 - 1920
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 16
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 17
1819 - 1895
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 18
Among astronomers born in Croatia, Roger Joseph Boscovich ranks 1. After her are Korado Korlević (1958).