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Stephen Gray

1666 - 1736

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Stephen Gray (December 1666 – 7 February 1736) was an English dyer and astronomer who was the first to systematically experiment with electrical conduction. Until his work in 1729 the emphasis had been on the simple generation of static charges and investigations of the static phenomena (electric shocks, plasma glows, etc.). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Gray has received more than 5,899 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Stephen Gray is the 77th most popular astronomer (down from 76th in 2019), the 691st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 794th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Astronomer.

Stephen Gray is most famous for his invention of the coherer, which was a device that could detect radio waves.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Stephen Gray ranks 77 out of 644. Before him are Jacques Cassini, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Antonio Abetti, James Bradley, Walter Baade, and Fritz Zwicky. After him are David Fabricius, George Darwin, Russell Alan Hulse, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Percival Lowell, and Lewis A. Swift.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Stephen Gray ranks 5. Before him are Ivan V of Russia, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Guru Gobind Singh, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. After him are Marie Anne de Bourbon, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Jean-Féry Rebel, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1736, Stephen Gray ranks 5. Before him are Ahmed III, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. After him are Antonio Caldara, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Theophan Prokopovich, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Louise Diane d'Orléans, and Caspar van Wittel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Gray ranks 691 out of 8,785. Before him are Jessica Tandy (1909), Peter Finch (1916), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), Jim Broadbent (1949), Peter Shilton (1949), and William Oughtred (1574). After him are John Frederic Daniell (1790), Brian Josephson (1940), Harry Kroto (1939), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Wheatstone (1802), and James May (1963).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Gray ranks 10. Before him are Arthur Eddington (1882), Fred Hoyle (1915), William Lassell (1799), Antony Hewish (1924), John Flamsteed (1646), and James Bradley (1693). After him are George Darwin (1845), Adelard of Bath (1075), William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), and James Dunlop (1793).

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