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Nathaniel Bliss

1700 - 1764

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Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700 – 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764. Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. He made important meridian observations of a comet and a solar eclipse visible from Greenwich, and many of his observations proved useful in solving the longitude problem, and were bought by the Board of Longitude after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nathaniel Bliss is the 392nd most popular astronomer (down from 387th in 2019), the 3,124th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,163rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 392 out of 644. Before him are Ercole Dembowski, James Edward Keeler, Albrecht Unsöld, Margaret Geller, Harold D. Babcock, and Vera Gaze. After him are Louis Boyer, Chushiro Hayashi, James Gunn, Paris Pişmiş, Gustav Spörer, and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.

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Among people born in 1700, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 34. Before him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Semyon Chelyuskin, Pietro Bracci, Khariton Laptev, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. After him are Mary Delany, Abdul Aziz Hotak, and Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1764, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 17. Before him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francesco Algarotti, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Picander, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him is Hans Adolph Brorson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 3,125 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Andrew Bell (1753), Ice MC (1965), Sienna Guillory (1975), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), and Anthony Phillips (1951). After him are Gerald Moore (1899), Chris Vance (1971), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Ian Wright (1963), W. S. Gilbert (1836), and Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Nathaniel Bliss ranks 49. Before him are James Challis (1803), James Glaisher (1809), Cyril Jackson (1903), Johann von Lamont (1805), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), and David C. Jewitt (1958). After him are Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), John Pond (1767), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), and Ralph Copeland (1837).

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