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John Canton

1718 - 1772

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John Canton (31 July 1718 – 22 March 1772) was a British physicist. He was born in Middle Street Stroud, Gloucestershire, to a weaver, John Canton (b. 1687) and Esther (née Davis). As a schoolboy, he became the first person to determine the latitude of Stroud, while making a sundial. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Canton is the 470th most popular physicist (down from 406th in 2019), the 2,236th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,610th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Canton ranks 470 out of 851. Before him are Walter Heitler, Berta Karlik, Rashid Sunyaev, Gabriele Veneziano, Sameera Moussa, and Mildred Dresselhaus. After him are John Houghton, Wilhelm Hisinger, Emil Wiechert, Jules Antoine Lissajous, Carlo Rovelli, and Heinrich Barkhausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, John Canton ranks 14. Before him are Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, and Jean Joseph Marie Amiot. After him are Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. Among people deceased in 1772, John Canton ranks 13. Before him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Gottfried Achenwall, Gerard van Swieten, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne. After him are Charles Pinot Duclos, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Pyotr Saltykov, and Shah Jahan III.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Canton ranks 2,236 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Murray (1987), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), David Ogilvy (1911), Stephen Langton (1150), Thomas Byles (1870), and Trevor Taylor (1936). After him are Andy Gray (1955), Jonathan Bailey (1988), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Bobby Smith (1933), and Jethro Tull (1674).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Canton ranks 52. Before him are William Sturgeon (1783), John Kerr (1824), William Watson (1715), Louis Harold Gray (1905), John Henry Poynting (1852), and John Dollond (1706). After him are John Houghton (1931), Alfred Ewing (1855), Frederick Guthrie (1833), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), John Leslie (1766), and Paul Davies (1946).

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