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Wang Zhenyi

1768 - 1797

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Wang Zhenyi (simplified Chinese: 王贞仪; traditional Chinese: 王貞儀; pinyin: Wáng Zhēnyí; 1768–1797; styled Deqing(德卿), also known as the Jinling and Jiangning Lady Historian(金陵女史)), was a Chinese scientist from the Qing dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Zhenyi has received more than 35,625 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Zhenyi is the 233rd most popular astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wang Zhenyi ranks 233 out of 644. Before her are Cyril Jackson, Alexis Bouvard, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Nancy Roman, Wilhelm Beer, and Adriaan Blaauw. After her are Maximilian Hell, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Agrippa, Cleostratus, Johannes Schöner, and Thomas Gold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Wang Zhenyi ranks 23. Before her are Jean-Robert Argand, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Peter Wittgenstein, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Joseph Anton Koch. After her are Jean-Baptiste Debret, Dolley Madison, Kaʻahumanu, Elizabeth Monroe, Zacharias Werner, and Johann Michael Vogl. Among people deceased in 1797, Wang Zhenyi ranks 19. Before her are Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, and Olaudah Equiano. After her are Molla Panah Vagif, Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, Francesco Sabatini, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Pietro Verri.

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