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Cyril Jackson

1903 - 1988

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Cyril V. Jackson (5 December 1903 – February 1988) was a South African astronomer, known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets. He was born in Ossett, Yorkshire in England; his father emigrated to South Africa in 1911. He earned his B.Sc. at the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cyril Jackson is the 352nd most popular astronomer (down from 227th in 2019), the 2,825th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,866th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Cyril Jackson ranks 352 out of 644. Before him are Walter Lewin, Carl A. Wirtanen, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Carl Gustav Witt, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and James Glaisher. After him are Heikki A. Alikoski, Marc William Buie, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Johann Gottfried Köhler, Stephen P. Synnott, and Albert George Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Cyril Jackson ranks 178. Before him are Lili Kraus, Melvin Purvis, Fernando Paternoster, Joseph Cornell, Germán Busch, and Orde Wingate. After him are Diana Vreeland, Siegfried Kasche, Gaito Gazdanov, Márton Bukovi, Nikolay Cherkasov, and Kea Bouman. Among people deceased in 1988, Cyril Jackson ranks 120. Before him are Lygia Clark, Irmgard Seefried, Henry Murray, Daniel Guérin, Pietro Arcari, and Franca Raimondi. After him are Pete Maravich, Mikha'il Na'ima, Enzo Sacchi, Yuli Daniel, Sabino Barinaga, and Jimmy Ball.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cyril Jackson ranks 2,826 out of 8,785. Before him are John Robison (1739), Steven Wilson (1967), James Glaisher (1809), George Cruikshank (1792), Caroline Goodall (1959), and William Speirs Bruce (1867). After him are Robert Holdstock (1948), Paul Kennedy (1945), William Ernest Henley (1849), Harry Andrews (1911), John Osborne (1929), and William Playfair (1759).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Cyril Jackson ranks 45. Before him are Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), David Gill (1843), John Machin (1680), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), James Challis (1803), and James Glaisher (1809). After him are Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), and John Pond (1767).

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