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Thomas Henderson

1798 - 1844

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Thomas Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS (28 December 1798 – 23 November 1844) was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, the first to determine the parallax of a fixed star, and for being the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Henderson is the 441st most popular mathematician (up from 843rd in 2019), the 2,175th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,346th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thomas Henderson ranks 441 out of 1,004. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Johannes Werner, Jacques Ozanam, Nina Bari, Alfred Clebsch, and Benedetto Castelli. After him are Igor Ansoff, Frigyes Riesz, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Johann II Bernoulli, Yang Hui, and Cato Maximilian Guldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Thomas Henderson ranks 26. Before him are Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dionysios Solomos, Jules Armand Dufaure, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Andries Pretorius, and Massimo d'Azeglio. After him are Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Macedonio Melloni, Charles Wilkes, Abigail Fillmore, and Alexei Lvov. Among people deceased in 1844, Thomas Henderson ranks 26. Before him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Marie Harel, Francis Baily, Adolphe Marbot, Jacques Laffitte, and Nicolas Chopin. After him are Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Johannes van den Bosch, Henri-Montan Berton, Alexander von Benckendorff, and Vincenzo Camuccini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henderson ranks 2,175 out of 8,785. Before him are Walter Bagehot (1826), Eliza Poe (1787), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Max Mallowan (1904), Andrew Smith (1797), and Stephen Dillane (1957). After him are Arthur Aikin (1773), Rachel Kempson (1910), William Allen (1532), Sophie Kinsella (1969), David Moyes (1963), and Menzies Campbell (1941).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henderson ranks 46. Before him are Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), Peter Barlow (1776), Edmund Gunter (1581), and Roger Cotes (1682). After him are William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Eric Temple Bell (1883), William Sealy Gosset (1876), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), and James Stirling (1692).

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