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Isaac Roberts

1829 - 1904

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Isaac Roberts FRS (27 January 1829 – 17 July 1904) was a Welsh engineer and businessman best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae. He was a member of the Liverpool Astronomical Society in England and was a fellow of the Royal Geological Society. Roberts was also awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1895. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Roberts is the 336th most popular engineer (down from 306th in 2019), the 4,834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,964th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Isaac Roberts ranks 336 out of 389. Before him are Aldo Costa, Ove Arup, Jesse Ramsden, Verghese Kurien, John Monash, and Da-Wen Sun. After him are Hugh Latimer Dryden, Octave Chanute, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, T. Keith Glennan, Julius Kühn, and R. J. Mitchell.

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Among people born in 1829, Isaac Roberts ranks 69. Before him are Théodore Aubanel, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Edwin Long, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Catherine Booth, and William Michael Rossetti. After him is Roscoe Conkling. Among people deceased in 1904, Isaac Roberts ranks 90. Before him are George Salmon, Otto von Böhtlingk, Richard Knill Freeman, Andrei Ryabushkin, Nikiforos Lytras, and Martin Johnson Heade. After him are Frances Power Cobbe, John Bell Hatcher, and Mark Hanna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Isaac Roberts ranks 4,835 out of 8,785. Before him are Alister McGrath (1953), Chris Craft (1939), Allan Warren (1948), Allan Cunningham (1791), Francis Chichester (1901), and Martin O'Neill (1952). After him are Pino Palladino (1957), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Sam Brown (1964), Graham Potter (1975), John Wain (1925), and George Goulding (1884).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Isaac Roberts ranks 36. Before him are Robert W. Paul (1869), Mal Evans (1935), Ralph Bagnold (1896), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), Ove Arup (1895), and Jesse Ramsden (1735). After him are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Harry Ricardo (1885), Pat Symonds (1953), Tommy Flowers (1905), and Bob Bell (1958).

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