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Warren De la Rue

1815 - 1889

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Warren De la Rue (18 January 1815 – 19 April 1889) was a British astronomer, chemist, and inventor, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomical photography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warren De la Rue has received more than 79,927 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Warren De la Rue is the 441st most popular astronomer (down from 356th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Guernsey (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Warren De la Rue ranks 441 out of 644. Before her are George Herbig, William Frederick Denning, Dilhan Eryurt, Odette Bancilhon, Jill Tarter, and Gottfried Kirch. After her are Brian Schmidt, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Henry L. Giclas, Willem Jacob Luyten, and Kees de Jager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Warren De la Rue ranks 73. Before her are Ernest Goüin, Marguerite Bays, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Robert Franz, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, and John McDouall Stuart. After her are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Giovanni Caselli, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Athanasios Miaoulis, Otto von Böhtlingk, and Edward John Eyre. Among people deceased in 1889, Warren De la Rue ranks 73. Before her are José Joaquín Pérez, Michele Amari, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Juan Montalvo, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and Paul du Bois-Reymond. After her are Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Dmitry Tolstoy, Lucy Webb Hayes, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Priscilla Cooper Tyler, and Charles Mackay.

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In Guernsey

Among people born in Guernsey, Warren De la Rue ranks 3 out of 8. Before her are Isaac Brock (1769), and Percy Hodge (1890). After her are Karen Dotrice (1955), Roy Dotrice (1923), Matt Le Tissier (1968), Andy Priaulx (1974), Heather Watson (1992), and Cameron Chalmers (1997).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Guernsey

Among astronomers born in Guernsey, Warren De la Rue ranks 1. 

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