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Antonio de Ulloa

1716 - 1795

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Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish Navy officer. He spent much of his career in the Americas, where he carried out important scientific work. As a scientist, Ulloa is regarded as one of the major figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, Ulloa achieved the rank of vice admiral. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio de Ulloa is the 224th most popular astronomer (down from 216th in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Spain (up from 809th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Antonio de Ulloa ranks 224 out of 644. Before him are Martin Schwarzschild, Adalbert Krueger, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Henri Debehogne, Johannes Schöner, and Peter Andreas Hansen. After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Alexis Bouvard, William Wallace Campbell, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Thomas Gold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Antonio de Ulloa ranks 11. Before him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, James Lind, Gaspar de Portolá, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Joseph-Marie Vien, and Yuan Mei. After him are Thomas Gray, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Luis Egidio Meléndez, Eugenios Voulgaris, Pehr Kalm, and Giovanni Battista Beccaria. Among people deceased in 1795, Antonio de Ulloa ranks 19. Before him are Pieter Boddaert, Samuel Wallis, Josiah Wedgwood, John Sullivan, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria. After him are Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, James Boswell, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Michel Corrette, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and Grigory Shelikhov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio de Ulloa ranks 745 out of 3,355. Before him are Salvador Sadurní (1941), Miguel Reina (1946), Juan de Valdés Leal (1622), Celestino Aós Braco (1945), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), and Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453). After him are Abraham ibn Daud (1110), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Víctor Muñoz (1957), Julián Herranz Casado (1930), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), and Jorge Manrique (1440).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Antonio de Ulloa ranks 4. Before him are Avempace (1080), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), and Maslama al-Majriti (950). After him are Josep Comas i Solà (1868), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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