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Adelard of Bath

1075 - 1160

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Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis; c. 1080? – c. 1142–1152?) was a 12th-century English natural philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adelard of Bath is the 150th most popular astronomer (down from 103rd in 2019), the 1,230th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 911th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Adelard of Bath ranks 150 out of 644. Before him are Oskar Backlund, Williamina Fleming, Antonio Abetti, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Wilhelm Beer, and Hermann Carl Vogel. After him are James Dunlop, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Maslama al-Majriti, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Bernard Lyot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1075, Adelard of Bath ranks 3. Before him are Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Al-Zamakhshari. After him are Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Emperor Taizong of Jin, Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, Kim Bu-sik, Orderic Vitalis, and Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney. Among people deceased in 1160, Adelard of Bath ranks 5. Before him are Eric IX of Sweden, Peter Lombard, Constance of Castile, and Niklot. After him are Al-Muqtafi, Raymond du Puy, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Herman of Carinthia, Herman III, Margrave of Baden, Bernardus Silvestris, and Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adelard of Bath ranks 1,230 out of 8,785. Before him are David C. H. Austin (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Rosemary Harris (1927), Thomas Willis (1621), William the Lion (1142), and Frederick Griffith (1879). After him are Billy Idol (1955), James Dunlop (1793), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Ian Curtis (1956), Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), and Edgar F. Codd (1923).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Adelard of Bath ranks 20. Before him are Stephen Gray (1666), George Biddell Airy (1801), N. R. Pogson (1829), Mary Somerville (1780), George Darwin (1845), and Williamina Fleming (1857). After him are James Dunlop (1793), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), James Ferguson (1797), Margaret Burbidge (1919), and Norman Lockyer (1836).

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