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James Challis

1803 - 1882

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James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 – 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy and the director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy. He is best remembered for his missed opportunity to discover the planet Neptune in 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Challis is the 336th most popular astronomer (up from 499th in 2019), the 2,734th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,269th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Challis ranks 336 out of 644. Before him are John Machin, Allan Sandage, Nils Christoffer Dunér, Maria Clara Eimmart, Franz Kaiser, and Beatrice Tinsley. After him are Julius Schiller, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Heinrich Kreutz, James L. Elliot, Klim Churyumov, and Lyudmila Zhuravleva.

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Among people born in 1803, James Challis ranks 50. Before him are Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, Ludwig Richter, Sarah Childress Polk, Alexander Dukhnovych, and Albert Küchler. After him are Johann Jakob Kaup, Juan Almonte, Bernardo Berro, Joseph Whitworth, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Martinus Rørbye. Among people deceased in 1882, James Challis ranks 56. Before him are Charles J. Guiteau, Carl Robert Jakobson, Giovanni Lanza, John William Draper, Joseph Decaisne, and Alexander Gardner. After him are Ernest Courtot de Cissey, François-Auguste Biard, Nain Singh, Theodor Kullak, Auguste Barbier, and Charles Blanc.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Challis ranks 2,735 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Johnson (1927), Adrian Boult (1889), Edwin Flack (1873), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Ian McDonald (1946), and Anthony Asquith (1902). After him are Ray Cooney (1932), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Alan Rees (1938), Mick Jones (1945), Kit Harington (1986), and Henry de Bracton (1210).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Challis ranks 43. Before him are Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), David Gill (1843), John Machin (1680), and Beatrice Tinsley (1941). After him are James Glaisher (1809), Cyril Jackson (1903), Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700).

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