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John Pond

1767 - 1836

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John Pond FRS (1767 – 7 September 1836) was an English astronomer who became the sixth Astronomer Royal, serving from 1811 to 1835. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Pond is the 410th most popular astronomer (up from 530th in 2019), the 3,230th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,749th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Pond ranks 410 out of 644. Before her are Geoffrey Burbidge, Jill Tarter, Michael E. Brown, Bart Bok, Friedrich Tietjen, and Georg Marcgrave. After her are Eise Eisinga, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Johann III Bernoulli, Harry Edwin Wood, George Herbig, and Zinaida Aksentyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, John Pond ranks 48. Before her are Bashir Shihab II, Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, Pavel Chichagov, Tyagaraja, Joseph-François Michaud, and Leopold I, Prince of Lippe. After her are Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, William Martin, and Wenzel Müller. Among people deceased in 1836, John Pond ranks 44. Before her are Orest Kiprensky, Adolf Stieler, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Marc-Antoine Parseval, and Emily Donelson. After her are Miguel Barragán, Edward Livingston, Stephen F. Austin, William B. Travis, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Dániel Berzsenyi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 3,231 out of 8,785. Before her are Walter Rutherford (1857), Kate Greenaway (1846), Thomas Telford (1757), David Watson (1946), James Somerville (1882), and Richard Dadd (1817). After her are Justin Welby (1956), Richard Cobden (1804), Jimmy Bain (1947), Nobby Stiles (1942), James Legge (1815), and Ida of Bernicia (450).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, John Pond ranks 51. Before her are Cyril Jackson (1903), Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), David C. Jewitt (1958), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), and Geoffrey Burbidge (1925). After her are Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), William Robert Brooks (1844), and Edward Pigott (1753).

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