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Johann von Lamont

1805 - 1879

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Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1805 – 6 August 1879), born John Lamont, was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann von Lamont is the 368th most popular astronomer (up from 379th in 2019), the 2,907th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,097th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann von Lamont ranks 368 out of 644Before her are Paul Götz, Alvan Clark, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Seth Carlo Chandler, Lewis Boss, and Jing Fang. After her are Benjamin Jekhowsky, André Patry, Frank Watson Dyson, Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, and Shi Shen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Johann von Lamont ranks 47Before her are Frederick Denison Maurice, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Malek Jahan Khanom, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Johann Karl Rodbertus, and Anton von Schmerling. After her are Esteban Echeverría, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Auguste Barbier, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Mary Seacole. Among people deceased in 1879, Johann von Lamont ranks 39Before her are Joseph Poelaert, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jakob Dubs, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Michel Chevalier, and Begum Hazrat Mahal. After her are Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, Marguerite Bays, Jeanne Jugan, Lyuben Karavelov, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johann von Lamont ranks 2,908 out of 8,785Before her are William Robertson Smith (1846), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), and Alexander William Williamson (1824). After her are Naomie Harris (1976), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Arnold Bax (1883), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), John Michael Wright (1617), and Marianne North (1830).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Johann von Lamont ranks 46Before her are David Gill (1843), John Machin (1680), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), James Challis (1803), James Glaisher (1809), and Cyril Jackson (1903). After her are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), and Harry Edwin Wood (1881).