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William Henry Smyth

1788 - 1865

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Admiral William Henry Smyth (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry Smyth has received more than 71,863 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William Henry Smyth is the 442nd most popular astronomer (down from 378th in 2019), the 3,774th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,096th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Henry Smyth ranks 442 out of 531. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, William Rutter Dawes, and Charles Piazzi Smyth. After him are John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, and Michel Giacobini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, William Henry Smyth ranks 51. Before him are Spyridon Trikoupis, Sarah Goodridge, Adoniram Judson, Edwin Atherstone, Károly Kisfaludy, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are Charles Robert Cockerell, Prideaux John Selby, John Canfield Spencer, and Sarah Josepha Hale. Among people deceased in 1865, William Henry Smyth ranks 65. Before him are Stephen Allen Benson, Isabella Beeton, Marie-Anne Libert, Miklós Jósika, John Richardson, and Léon Jean Marie Dufour. After him are Edward Everett, Andrei Stackenschneider, José María Pérez de Urdininea, A. P. Hill, Hugh Falconer, and William J. Duane.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Henry Smyth ranks 3,774 out of 7,765. Before him are Nat Lofthouse (1925), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Peter Withe (1951), Howard Hodgkin (1932), George Graham (1673), and John Moresby (1830). After him are David Pegg (1935), Burt Kwouk (1930), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Margaret Mee (1909), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), and Robin Trower (1945).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Henry Smyth ranks 55. Before him are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), and William Rutter Dawes (1799). After him are Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), William Robert Brooks (1844), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and Richard A. Proctor (1837).

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