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Alexis Bouvard

1767 - 1843

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Alexis Bouvard (French pronunciation: [alɛksi buvaʁ], 27 June 1767 – 7 June 1843) was a French astronomer. He is particularly noted for his careful observations of the irregularities in the motion of Uranus and his hypothesis of the existence of an eighth planet in the Solar System. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexis Bouvard is the 227th most popular astronomer (up from 228th in 2019), the 2,505th most popular biography from France (up from 2,776th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alexis Bouvard ranks 227 out of 644. Before him are Henri Debehogne, Johannes Schöner, Peter Andreas Hansen, Antonio de Ulloa, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, and Horace Parnell Tuttle. After him are William Wallace Campbell, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Thomas Gold, Edward L. G. Bowell, Tamara Smirnova, and Johannes Fabricius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Alexis Bouvard ranks 28. Before him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and Jacques Laffitte. After him are Jacques-Laurent Agasse, John Adams, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Platon Zubov, Anouvong, and Heinrich Schrader. Among people deceased in 1843, Alexis Bouvard ranks 17. Before him are Marie Anne Lenormand, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Robert Southey, Peter Wittgenstein, Sequoyah, and Charles Macintosh. After him are Casimir Delavigne, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Ippolito Rosellini, Francis Scott Key, and John Trumbull.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexis Bouvard ranks 2,505 out of 6,770. Before him are Dominique Pinon (1955), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), François-Joseph Talma (1763), Paul Belmondo (1963), Patrick Hernandez (1949), and Élisabeth Depardieu (1941). After him are Charles Diehl (1859), Séverine (1948), Jean Fautrier (1898), Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), and Pierre Klossowski (1905).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Alexis Bouvard ranks 20. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Jean Picard (1620), Félix Tisserand (1845), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), and Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845). After him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), and Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748).

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