1824 - 1910
Sir William Huggins (7 February 1824 – 12 May 1910) was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife Margaret Lindsay Huggins. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Huggins has received more than 80,420 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). William Huggins is the 106th most popular astronomer (down from 103rd in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,001st in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, William Huggins ranks 106 out of 532. Before him are Heinrich Schwabe, David Fabricius, Hermann Goldschmidt, Annibale de Gasparis, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and Giovanni Battista Riccioli. After him are Arthur B. McDonald, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Margaret Burbidge, Antonie Pannekoek, Edward Charles Pickering, and John Russell Hind.
1789 - 1875
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 100
1564 - 1617
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 101
1802 - 1866
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 102
1819 - 1892
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 103
1526 - 1580
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 104
1598 - 1671
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 105
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 106
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 107
1793 - 1866
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 108
1919 - 2020
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 109
1873 - 1960
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 110
1846 - 1919
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 111
1823 - 1895
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1824, William Huggins ranks 17. Before him are Wilkie Collins, Pierre Janssen, Marie Duplessis, Carl Reinecke, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and William Walker. After him are Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Stonewall Jackson, Ludwig Büchner, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Tokugawa Iesada, and Peter Cornelius. Among people deceased in 1910, William Huggins ranks 30. Before him are Karl Lueger, Jean Moréas, An Jung-geun, Carl Reinecke, Mikhail Vrubel, and Albert Anker. After him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Henri-Edmond Cross, Richard Abegg, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon.
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 11
1824 - 1907
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 12
1824 - 1847
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 13
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 14
1824 - 1890
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 15
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 16
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 17
1824 - 1897
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 18
1824 - 1863
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 19
1824 - 1899
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 20
1824 - 1882
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 21
1824 - 1858
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 22
1824 - 1874
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 23
1844 - 1910
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 24
1856 - 1910
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 25
1879 - 1910
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 26
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 27
1856 - 1910
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 28
1831 - 1910
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 29
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 30
1826 - 1910
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 31
1840 - 1910
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 32
1842 - 1910
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 33
1856 - 1910
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 34
1869 - 1910
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 35
1844 - 1910
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 36
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Huggins ranks 986 out of 6,924. Before him are Jeremy Brett (1933), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), George Shaw (1751), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Lee Child (1954), and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508). After him are Ben Cross (1947), Aphra Behn (1640), John Vane (1927), John Tenniel (1820), Gilbert Ryle (1900), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861).
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 980
1519 - 1536
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 981
1751 - 1813
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 982
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 983
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 984
1508 - 1549
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 985
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 986
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 987
1640 - 1689
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 988
1927 - 2004
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 989
1820 - 1914
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 990
1900 - 1976
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 991
1861 - 1928
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 992
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Huggins ranks 15. Before him are Antony Hewish (1924), Stephen Gray (1666), John Flamsteed (1646), George Darwin (1845), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), and George Biddell Airy (1801). After him are Margaret Burbidge (1919), John Russell Hind (1823), Adelard of Bath (1075), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), N. R. Pogson (1829), and Nevil Maskelyne (1732).
1924 - Present
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 9
1666 - 1736
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 10
1646 - 1719
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 11
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 12
1900 - 1979
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 13
1801 - 1892
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 14
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 15
1919 - 2020
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 16
1823 - 1895
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 17
1075 - 1160
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 18
1800 - 1867
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 19
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 20
1732 - 1811
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 21