1773 - 1860
Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer. Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had served, he was appointed governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. A keen astronomer, he built the colony's second observatory and encouraged scientific and agricultural training. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Brisbane has received more than 205,568 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Brisbane is the 511th most popular astronomer (down from 482nd in 2019), the 4,773rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,322nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Thomas Brisbane ranks 511 out of 531. Before him are Luciano Tesi, Adriaan van Maanen, David C. Jewitt, Okuro Oikawa, Pavel Shternberg, and Hiroshi Kaneda. After him are Takao Kobayashi, Yoshisada Shimizu, Fernand Rigaux, Ernest Esclangon, Kenzo Suzuki, and Thomas Bopp.
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 505
1884 - 1946
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 506
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 507
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 508
1865 - 1920
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 509
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 510
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 511
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 512
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 513
1905 - 1962
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 514
1876 - 1954
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 515
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 516
1949 - 2018
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 517
Among people born in 1773, Thomas Brisbane ranks 47. Before him are Mihály Csokonai, Joseph Woelfl, Mihály Pollack, José Rondeau, Thomas Horsfield, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1860, Thomas Brisbane ranks 57. Before him are Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, James Wilson, André Marie Constant Duméril, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, and John Nelson. After him is Samuel D. Ingham.
1773 - 1805
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 41
1773 - 1812
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 42
1773 - 1855
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 43
1773 - 1844
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 44
1773 - 1859
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 45
1773 - 1844
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 46
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 47
1790 - 1860
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 51
1805 - 1860
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 52
1805 - 1860
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 53
1774 - 1860
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 54
1785 - 1860
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 55
1791 - 1860
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 56
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 57
1779 - 1860
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 58
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 4,773 out of 7,765. Before him are John Betjeman (1906), Daniel Sharman (1986), Emile Heskey (1978), Mark Mazower (1958), Terry Paine (1939), and Anna Löwenstein (1951). After him are Colin Greenwood (1969), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Bart McGhee (1899), Owen Barfield (1898), Daniel Massey (1933), and George Russell (1998).
1906 - 1984
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 4,767
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 4,768
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 4,769
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 4,770
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,771
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,772
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,773
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,774
1716 - 1785
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 4,775
1899 - 1979
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 4,776
1898 - 1997
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,777
1933 - 1998
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,778
1998 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4,779
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 66. Before him are William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and David C. Jewitt (1958). After him are James Ferguson (1710) and Arnold Wolfendale (1927).
1843 - 1920
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 60
1837 - 1888
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 61
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 62
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 63
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 64
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 65
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 66
1710 - 1776
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 67
1927 - 2020
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 68