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William Robert Brooks

1844 - 1921

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William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 – May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Robert Brooks has received more than 21,214 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Robert Brooks is the 461st most popular astronomer (down from 395th in 2019), the 3,971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,248th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Robert Brooks ranks 461 out of 531. Before him are Guillermo Haro, Lipót Schulhof, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, John Dobson, Mary Watson Whitney, and David Todd Wilkinson. After him are Margaret Geller, William de Wiveleslie Abney, David H. Levy, Pierre Puiseux, Carolyn Porco, and Royal Harwood Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, William Robert Brooks ranks 94. Before him are Vassily Maximov, Georgios Theotokis, Edward Carpenter, Simon Gregorčič, Josip Jurčič, and John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. After him are Klaus Berntsen, Marie Hankel, Jules de Burlet, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Lorenzo Latorre, and Juan Idiarte Borda. Among people deceased in 1921, William Robert Brooks ranks 106. Before him are Edward Douglass White, Isak Saba, Leo Königsberger, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Lipót Schulhof, and Mary Watson Whitney. After him are Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Henry Hyndman, Jean Cau, Justiniano Borgoño, and Philander C. Knox.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Robert Brooks ranks 3,971 out of 7,765. Before him are Pauline Baynes (1922), Ed Skrein (1983), Walter Winterbottom (1913), Liz Smith (1921), Sandy Powell (1960), and Beth Gibbons (1965). After him are Henry Liddell (1811), Mischa Barton (1986), Jim Kerr (1959), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Susanna Clarke (1959), and Timothy Garton Ash (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Robert Brooks ranks 59. Before him are Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), and William Frederick Denning (1848). After him are William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and David C. Jewitt (1958).

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