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Edward Pigott

1753 - 1825

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Edward Pigott (1753–1825) was an English astronomer notable for being one of the founders of the study of variable stars. He is also notable for discovery the galaxy Messier 64, on April 4, 1779. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Pigott is the 475th most popular astronomer (down from 448th in 2019), the 3,762nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,597th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Pigott ranks 475 out of 644. Before him are Hugo Gyldén, Hiroki Kosai, Carolyn Porco, Elia Millosevich, Minoru Honda, and Pierre Puiseux. After him are Lyudmila Karachkina, Dilhan Eryurt, David L. Rabinowitz, Richard Schorr, William Frederick Denning, and Otto Heckmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Edward Pigott ranks 40. Before him are Nicolas Dalayrac, William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, John Soane, and Dugald Stewart. After him are François Levaillant, Nikolay Lvov, James McHenry, William Beechey, William Roscoe, and William Eustis. Among people deceased in 1825, Edward Pigott ranks 35. Before him are Johann Karl Burckhardt, Wilhelm Hemprich, Utagawa Toyokuni, Maha Bandula, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Yakov Sannikov. After him are Franciszek Karpiński, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Marie Bouliard, Paul Louis Courier, James Wilkinson, and José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 3,763 out of 8,785. Before him are Anton Lesser (1952), Wilfrid (634), John Mawe (1764), Bernard Lovell (1913), Michael Hirst (1952), and Virginia Wade (1945). After him are Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Tommy Banks (1929), Henry Bishop (1786), Edward Blore (1787), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), and Chris Farlowe (1940).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Edward Pigott ranks 57. Before him are John Pond (1767), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), and William Robert Brooks (1844). After him are William Frederick Denning (1848), Patrick Moore (1923), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Robert H. McNaught (1956), William Henry Smyth (1788), and William Christie (1845).

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