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Richard A. Proctor

1837 - 1888

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Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum). He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard A. Proctor is the 570th most popular astronomer (down from 556th in 2019), the 5,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,139th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Richard A. Proctor ranks 570 out of 644. Before him are Maura Tombelli, Alexander Voeikov, Korado Korlević, Alexandre Schaumasse, Michel Giacobini, and Thomas Bopp. After him are Alfred Schmitt, Andrew Ainslie Common, John August Anderson, Kin Endate, David Rittenhouse, and Rosaly Lopes.

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Among people born in 1837, Richard A. Proctor ranks 109. Before him are Altaf Hussain Hali, Nikolai Bugaev, Władysław Żeleński, Atis Kronvalds, Joseph Schröter, and Peter Lesgaft. After him are José Burgos, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Georg Bühler, Mark Hanna, Charles Ammi Cutter, and John Burroughs. Among people deceased in 1888, Richard A. Proctor ranks 81. Before him are Henry James Sumner Maine, Yuriy Fedkovych, Jan van Beers, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Kanō Hōgai, and Morrison Waite. After him is Roscoe Conkling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 5,073 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Fuller (1960), Cuth Harrison (1906), Robert Smirke (1780), Mehdi Hasan (1979), Rhodri Morgan (1939), and Dennis Taylor (1949). After him are Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Sam Tingle (1921), Barbara Shelley (1932), John Castle (1940), and Don McCullin (1935).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Richard A. Proctor ranks 67. Before him are Robert H. McNaught (1956), William Henry Smyth (1788), William Christie (1845), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Thomas Brisbane (1773), and Madge Adam (1912). After him are Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).

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