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James Dunlop

1793 - 1848

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James Dunlop FRSE (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a Scottish astronomer, noted for his work in Australia. He was employed by Sir Thomas Brisbane to work as astronomer's assistant at his private observatory, once located at Paramatta (now named Parramatta), New South Wales, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Sydney during the 1820s and 1830s. Dunlop was mostly a visual observer, doing stellar astrometry work for Brisbane, and after its completion, then independently discovered and catalogued many new telescopic southern double stars and deep-sky objects. He later became the Superintendent of Paramatta Observatory when it was finally sold to the New South Wales Government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Dunlop is the 151st most popular astronomer (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, James Dunlop ranks 151 out of 644. Before him are Williamina Fleming, Antonio Abetti, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Wilhelm Beer, Hermann Carl Vogel, and Adelard of Bath. After him are Eugène Joseph Delporte, Maslama al-Majriti, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld.

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Among people born in 1793, James Dunlop ranks 14. Before him are Juan Manuel de Rosas, Nana Asmaʼu, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chasles, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, and Radama I. After him are Josef Ressel, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Charles Paul de Kock, Sam Houston, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, and Thomas Addison. Among people deceased in 1848, James Dunlop ranks 19. Before him are Nicolas Oudinot, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and Joseph Mohr. After him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Thomas Cole, John Jacob Astor, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dunlop ranks 1,232 out of 8,785. Before him are Rosemary Harris (1927), Thomas Willis (1621), William the Lion (1142), Frederick Griffith (1879), Adelard of Bath (1075), and Billy Idol (1955). After him are Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Ian Curtis (1956), Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Edgar F. Codd (1923), Edmund Kean (1787), and Sebastian Shaw (1905).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Dunlop ranks 21. Before him are George Biddell Airy (1801), N. R. Pogson (1829), Mary Somerville (1780), George Darwin (1845), Williamina Fleming (1857), and Adelard of Bath (1075). After him are Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), James Ferguson (1797), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Norman Lockyer (1836), and George Mary Searle (1839).

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