1666 - 1736
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 5,774 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Stephen Gray is the 76th most popular astronomer (down from 67th in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 715th 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, Stephen Gray ranks 76 out of 531. Before him are William Lassell, Victor Ambartsumian, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Max Wolf, Russell Alan Hulse, and Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī. After him are Petrus Plancius, Arthur B. McDonald, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Karl Ludwig Harding, Lewis A. Swift, and Walter Baade.
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 70
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 71
815 - 896
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 72
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 73
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 74
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 75
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 76
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 77
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 78
810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 79
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 80
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 82
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 Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Jean-Féry Rebel, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1736, Stephen Gray ranks 7. Before him are Ahmed III, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Antonio Caldara, and Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine. After him are Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, René Duguay-Trouin, Theophan Prokopovich, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, and Caspar van Wittel.
1666 - 1696
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 1
1666 - 1732
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 2
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 3
1666 - 1726
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 4
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 5
1666 - 1699
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 6
1666 - 1739
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 7
1666 - 1723
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 8
1666 - 1693
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 9
1666 - 1747
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 10
1666 - 1732
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 11
1666 - 1726
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 12
1673 - 1736
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 1
1663 - 1736
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 2
1686 - 1736
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 3
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 4
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 6
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 7
1678 - 1736
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 8
1716 - 1736
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 9
1673 - 1736
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 10
1681 - 1736
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 11
1662 - 1736
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 12
1653 - 1736
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 13
Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Gray ranks 794 out of 7,765. Before him are Alan Hodgkin (1914), Danny Boyle (1956), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Matt Busby (1909), John Ray (1627), and Richard Stone (1913). After him are Archibald Hill (1886), David Cameron (1966), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), John Vane (1927), and Wentworth Miller (1972).
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 788
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 789
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 790
1909 - 1994
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 791
1627 - 1705
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 792
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 793
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 794
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 795
1966 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 796
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 797
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 798
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 799
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 800
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Stephen Gray ranks 10. Before him are Arthur Eddington (1882), James Bradley (1693), John Flamsteed (1646), Martin Ryle (1918), George Darwin (1845), and William Lassell (1799). After him are Antony Hewish (1924), William Huggins (1824), Mary Somerville (1780), George Biddell Airy (1801), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), and Jeremiah Horrocks (1618).
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 4
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 5
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 8
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 9
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 10
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 12
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 13
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 14
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 15
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 16