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William Frederick Denning

1848 - 1931

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William Frederick Denning (25 November 1848 – 9 June 1931) was a British amateur astronomer who achieved considerable success without formal scientific training. He is known for his catalogues of meteor radiants, observations of Jupiter's red spot, and for the discovery of five comets. Outside astronomy, as a young man, Denning showed prowess at cricket to the extent W G Grace invited him to play for Gloucestershire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Frederick Denning has received more than 19,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Frederick Denning is the 453rd most popular astronomer, the 3,887th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 58th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Frederick Denning ranks 453 out of 531. Before him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Michel Giacobini, Patrick Moore, Harold D. Babcock, Takeshi Urata, and Stephen P. Synnott. After him are Benjamin Banneker, Guillermo Haro, Lipót Schulhof, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, John Dobson, and Mary Watson Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, William Frederick Denning ranks 100. Before him are Helene Lange, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Gustav Fischer, Joel Chandler Harris, Princess Frederica of Hanover, and Josef Václav Myslbek. After him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Jørgen Løvland, Amos Burn, Helen Allingham, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Gunnar Knudsen. Among people deceased in 1931, William Frederick Denning ranks 121. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Art Acord, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Alfred Swahn, Edward Goodrich Acheson, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín. After him are Harry Clarke, Rolf Johnsson, Luigi Galleani, David Belasco, Emilio Aceval, and James Neill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Frederick Denning ranks 3,887 out of 7,765. Before him are Guy Berryman (1978), David Amess (1952), Simon Donaldson (1957), Judy Cornwell (1940), Long John Baldry (1941), and Zara Tindall (1981). After him are Mark Selby (1983), Daisy Ridley (1992), Ed Westwick (1987), James Milner (1986), Pauline Collins (1940), and Charles Booth (1840).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Frederick Denning ranks 58. Before him are Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), and Patrick Moore (1923). After him are William Robert Brooks (1844), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), and Robert H. McNaught (1956).

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