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William de Wiveleslie Abney

1843 - 1920

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Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (24 July 1843 – 3 December 1920) was an English astronomer, chemist, and photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William de Wiveleslie Abney has received more than 76,058 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William de Wiveleslie Abney is the 463rd most popular astronomer (up from 476th in 2019), the 3,991st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,205th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 463 out of 531. Before him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, John Dobson, Mary Watson Whitney, David Todd Wilkinson, William Robert Brooks, and Margaret Geller. After him are David H. Levy, Pierre Puiseux, Carolyn Porco, Royal Harwood Frost, Edward S. Holden, and DeLisle Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 90. Before him are Kálmán Széll, Higinio Uriarte, Serapio Calderón, Charles Montagu Doughty, Dmitry Anuchin, and Charles Conrad Abbott. After him are Grove Karl Gilbert, Mihkel Veske, Jules Vandenpeereboom, Aleksandra Potanina, Paul Arène, and Samuel Garman. Among people deceased in 1920, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 99. Before him are William Dean Howells, Théodore Flournoy, Alberto Nepomuceno, Nataliya Kobrynska, Arthur Johnson, and Ludwig Ganghofer. After him are Daniel Kelly, Hermann Oldenberg, Olive Schreiner, Terence MacSwiney, Max Fürbringer, and Benigno Ferreira.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 3,991 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Emma Kirkby (1949), Allan Clarke (1942), Maxim (1967), Samuel Palmer (1805), and Ronnie Lane (1946). After him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Bev Bevan (1944), Jordan Henderson (1990), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Robbie Fowler (1975), and Richard K. Morgan (1965).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 60. Before him are William Rutter Dawes (1799), William Henry Smyth (1788), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Patrick Moore (1923), William Frederick Denning (1848), and William Robert Brooks (1844). After him are Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Challis (1803), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Robert H. McNaught (1956), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Thomas Brisbane (1773).

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