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William Christie

1845 - 1922

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Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie (1 October 1845 – 22 January 1922) was a British astronomer. He was born in Woolwich, London, the son of Samuel Hunter Christie and educated at King's College School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Christie has received more than 10,798 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William Christie is the 527th most popular astronomer (down from 390th in 2019), the 4,721st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,307th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Astronomer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Christie ranks 527 out of 644. Before him are John N. Bahcall, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Korado Korlević, Okuro Oikawa, Roy A. Tucker, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková. After him are Edward S. Holden, Marc Aaronson, John Pond, Yoshisada Shimizu, Robert H. McNaught, and Grove Karl Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, William Christie ranks 102. Before him are Facundo Machaín, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, George Reid, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Henry Sweet, and John Sparrow David Thompson. After him are Daniel David Palmer, William Healey Dall, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Richard Seddon. Among people deceased in 1922, William Christie ranks 125. Before him are John Wanamaker, August Palm, Alfred Capus, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, William Desmond Taylor, and Lyman Abbott. After him are Pál Simon, Henry Lawson, W. H. R. Rivers, Liberato Marcial Rojas, John Munro Longyear, and Tullio Bozza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Christie ranks 4,721 out of 8,785. Before him are Leslie Bricusse (1931), Joseph Cook (1860), William Burges (1827), Simon Fuller (1960), John Hunter (1737), and William Russell (1924). After him are Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), Irene Manton (1904), and Phyllis Logan (1956).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Christie ranks 61. Before him are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), William Henry Smyth (1788), Patrick Moore (1923), David C. Jewitt (1958), and James Challis (1803). After him are John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard A. Proctor (1837), and James Ferguson (1710).

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