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Francis Baily

1774 - 1844

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Francis Baily (28 April 1774 – 30 August 1844) was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early history of the Royal Astronomical Society, as one of the founders and as the president four times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Baily is the 212th most popular astronomer (down from 195th in 2019), the 1,805th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,592nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Francis Baily ranks 212 out of 644. Before him are Andrew Graham, Lyudmila Chernykh, Nevil Maskelyne, John Bevis, Seth Barnes Nicholson, and Sergey Belyavsky. After him are Erasmus Reinhold, Bengt Strömgren, Jean-Louis Pons, George Ellery Hale, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and Martin Schwarzschild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Francis Baily ranks 21. Before him are Charles Bell, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, André Marie Constant Duméril, Matthew Flinders, and Robert Southey. After him are Lord William Bentinck, Václav Tomášek, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, Marie-Denise Villers, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi. Among people deceased in 1844, Francis Baily ranks 22. Before him are Jernej Kopitar, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Marie Harel. After him are Adolphe Marbot, Jacques Laffitte, Nicolas Chopin, Thomas Henderson, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, and Yevgeny Baratynsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 1,805 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Boulton (1728), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Colin McRae (1968), Claire Bloom (1931), Hudson Taylor (1832), and George Robert Waterhouse (1810). After him are Catherine Eddowes (1842), John Bowring (1792), William Boyce (1711), George MacDonald (1824), Kate Sheppard (1848), and Nehemiah Grew (1641).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Francis Baily ranks 30. Before him are James Ferguson (1797), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Norman Lockyer (1836), George Mary Searle (1839), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), and John Bevis (1695). After him are Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Alfred Fowler (1868), James Ferguson (1710), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), and Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880).

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