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Edward Sabine

1788 - 1883

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Sir Edward Sabine (; 14 October 1788 – 26 June 1883) was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society. He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in various parts of British territory all over the globe. Much of his life was devoted to their direction and to analysing their observations. Other research focused on the birds of Greenland, ocean temperatures, the Gulf Stream, barometric measurement of heights, arc of the meridian, glacial transport of rocks, the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands and various points of meteorology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Sabine is the 324th most popular astronomer (up from 342nd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Ireland (up from 156th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Edward Sabine ranks 324 out of 644. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Milton L. Humason, Niccolò Zucchi, Georges Rayet, Oenopides, and Christoph Arnold. After him are Takeshi Urata, George Van Biesbroeck, Brian G. Marsden, Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, and John Machin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Edward Sabine ranks 43. Before him are Francisco Balagtas, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Athanasios Diakos, Pavel Kiselyov, Juraj Haulik, and Simon Sechter. After him are Spyridon Trikoupis, Margaret Taylor, Hugh Clapperton, Gheorghe Asachi, Edwin Atherstone, and Kikuchi Yōsai. Among people deceased in 1883, Edward Sabine ranks 49. Before him are Napoleon Orda, Reinhart Dozy, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Ciprian Porumbescu, Heinrich von Ferstel, and Louis-François-Clement Breguet. After him are Auguste Clésinger, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Butrus al-Bustani, Alexander H. Stephens, Dục Đức, and Hiệp Hòa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Sabine ranks 151 out of 549. Before him are Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), George Browne (1698), Colm Meaney (1953), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and Roger Casement (1864). After him are Adomnán (624), Micheál Martin (1960), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Jim Sheridan (1949), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), and Hozier (1990).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Ireland

Among astronomers born in Ireland, Edward Sabine ranks 3. Before him are Andrew Graham (1815), and Thomas Romney Robinson (1792). After him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Mary Proctor (1862), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), and Mary Ward (1827).

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