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John Goodricke

1764 - 1786

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John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Goodricke is the 166th most popular astronomer (down from 131st in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 229th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Goodricke ranks 166 out of 644. Before him are Eleanor F. Helin, Alphonse Borrelly, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Harlow Shapley, James Ferguson, and Cornelis Johannes van Houten. After him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Margaret Burbidge, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, and James Craig Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, John Goodricke ranks 7. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Ann Radcliffe, José Gervasio Artigas, and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. After him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, Nikolai Rezanov, and Barbara von Krüdener. Among people deceased in 1786, John Goodricke ranks 8. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Moses Mendelssohn, Peter III of Portugal, Maurice Benyovszky, Franz Benda, and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. After him are Eva Ekeblad, Gaspar de Portolá, Tokugawa Ieharu, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Sacchini, and John Stanley.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, John Goodricke ranks 232 out of 1,646. Before him are Abe Lenstra (1920), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Adriaen de Vries (1556), and Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920). After him are Willem Kalf (1619), Maarten Tromp (1598), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Jan Janszoon (1570), and Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, John Goodricke ranks 8. Before him are Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Tom Gehrels (1925), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), and Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920). After him are Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), Walter Lewin (1936), and Dirk Brouwer (1902).

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