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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 75,201 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William de Wiveleslie Abney is the 424th most popular astronomer (up from 463rd in 2019), the 3,455th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,983rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

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Over the past year William de Wiveleslie Abney has had the most page views in the with 7,430 views, followed by French (1,234), and Romanian (713). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (120.00%), Simple English (81.40%), and Swedish (75.56%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 424 out of 644Before him are Lutz D. Schmadel, Frederik Kaiser, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, and Stéphane Javelle. After him are Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Gustav Spörer, Adalbert Krueger, Joel Stebbins, Johann Gottfried Köhler, and Fernand Courty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 85Before him are Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Kitty Lange Kielland, Georg von Rosen, Samuel Garman, Gleb Uspensky, and Marcel Deprez. After him are Francisco Silvela, Higinio Uriarte, Patricio Escobar, C. I. Scofield, Dezső Bánffy, and Kálmán Széll. Among people deceased in 1920, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 103Before him are Pier Andrea Saccardo, Gérard Leman, Léon-Adolphe Amette, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Germanus V of Constantinople, and Georgios Papasideris. After him are Ion Dragoumis, Meri Mangakāhia, William Dean Howells, Alberto Nepomuceno, Olive Schreiner, and Horatio Caro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 3,455 out of 8,785Before him are Kyle Walker (1990), Henry de Bracton (1210), Eddie Chapman (1914), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), Edward James (1907), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984). After him are Keir Starmer (1962), James Mellaart (1925), Cherie Blair (1954), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), and Frederick William Beechey (1796).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William de Wiveleslie Abney ranks 52Before him are Johann von Lamont (1805), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), William Rutter Dawes (1799), and Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880). After him are William Frederick Denning (1848), Edward Pigott (1753), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), William Henry Smyth (1788), and Patrick Moore (1923).