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James Glaisher

1809 - 1903

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James Glaisher FRS (7 April 1809 – 7 February 1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Glaisher is the 351st most popular astronomer (down from 160th in 2019), the 2,821st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,340th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Glaisher ranks 351 out of 644. Before him are Hugo von Seeliger, Walter Lewin, Carl A. Wirtanen, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Carl Gustav Witt, and Bartholomaeus Pitiscus. After him are Cyril Jackson, Heikki A. Alikoski, Marc William Buie, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Johann Gottfried Köhler, and Stephen P. Synnott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, James Glaisher ranks 48. Before him are Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Constantin von Alvensleben, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Bénédict Morel, Benjamin Peirce, and Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán. After him are Manuel Montt, Louis Charles Delescluze, Rutherford Alcock, Robert Cornelius, Santiago Derqui, and Cyrus McCormick. Among people deceased in 1903, James Glaisher ranks 49. Before him are Adrien Proust, Auguste Kerckhoffs, Konstantinos Paspatis, Harriet Lane, Robert Planquette, and Apolinario Mabini. After him are William Ernest Henley, Emily Warren Roebling, Ozaki Kōyō, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Lina Sandell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Glaisher ranks 2,822 out of 8,785. Before him are George Rooke (1650), Toby Jones (1966), Siân Phillips (1933), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), John Robison (1739), and Steven Wilson (1967). After him are George Cruikshank (1792), Caroline Goodall (1959), William Speirs Bruce (1867), Cyril Jackson (1903), Robert Holdstock (1948), and Paul Kennedy (1945).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, James Glaisher ranks 44. Before him are Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), David Gill (1843), John Machin (1680), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), and James Challis (1803). After him are Cyril Jackson (1903), Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), and Geoffrey Burbidge (1925).

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