ASTRONOMER

Thomas Romney Robinson

1792 - 1882

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John Thomas Romney Robinson (23 April 1792 – 28 February 1882), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was an Irish astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Romney Robinson has received more than 38,155 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Romney Robinson is the 555th most popular astronomer (down from 481st in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Thomas Romney Robinson ranks 555 out of 644Before him are Ewine van Dishoeck, Thomas Brisbane, Avi Loeb, David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, and Scott S. Sheppard. After him are Richard A. Proctor, Mary Ward, Bruce C. Murray, John August Anderson, Irwin I. Shapiro, and Makio Akiyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Thomas Romney Robinson ranks 71Before him are Andreas Kalvos, Thomas Bell, Sarah Moore Grimké, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Lowell Mason, and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham. After him are William Hobson, John Keble, and Thomas Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1882, Thomas Romney Robinson ranks 75Before him are William Harrison Ainsworth, James Challis, William Shanks, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Nain Singh. After him are Richard Henry Dana Jr., Hablot Knight Browne, Francis Maitland Balfour, John Scott Russell, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Milton Latham.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Thomas Romney Robinson ranks 312 out of 549Before him are Tom Crean (1877), Anne Buttimer (1938), Christy Moore (1945), Róisín Murphy (1973), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Frank Harris (1856). After him are Terry Wogan (1938), Dave Allen (1936), Mary Ward (1827), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Barry Keoghan (1992), and Nicky Byrne (1978).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Ireland

Among astronomers born in Ireland, Thomas Romney Robinson ranks 7Before him are Andrew Graham (1815), Edward Sabine (1788), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), and Mary Proctor (1862). After him are Mary Ward (1827).