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James Ferguson

1710 - 1776

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James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Ferguson is the 250th most popular astronomer (up from 578th in 2019), the 2,098th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,554th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Ferguson ranks 250 out of 644. Before him are Alfred Fowler, Benjamin Baillaud, Charles T. Kowal, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Margherita Hack, and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke. After him are William Cranch Bond, Bertil Lindblad, Halton Arp, Wang Zhenyi, Maximilian Hell, and Henri-Alexandre Deslandres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, James Ferguson ranks 15. Before him are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, Carl Alexander Clerck, Thomas Simpson, and William Cullen. After him are Abraham Trembley, Johann II Bernoulli, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Paolo Renier, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, and Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1776, James Ferguson ranks 7. Before him are David Hume, Yeongjo of Joseon, John Harrison, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Louis François, Prince of Conti, and Natalia Alexeievna. After him are Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Sabah I bin Jaber, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Johann Adolf Scheibe, John Ellis, and Johann Jakob Breitinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 2,098 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred West (1941), Charles Mackay (1814), Ronald Colman (1891), Eileen Atkins (1934), Morris Travers (1872), and Oswald of Northumbria (604). After him are Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Reginald Doherty (1872), Matthew Festing (1949), Jason Isaacs (1963), Anne Lister (1791), and Eric Campbell (1880).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Ferguson ranks 34. Before him are Nevil Maskelyne (1732), John Bevis (1695), Francis Baily (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), and Alfred Fowler (1868). After him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), and David Gill (1843).

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