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William Christie

1845 - 1922

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Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie (1 October 1845 – 22 January 1922) was a British astronomer. He was born in Woolwich, London, the son of Samuel Hunter Christie and educated at King's College School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was fourth wrangler in 1868 and was elected a fellow of Trinity in 1869. Having been Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich from 1870 to 1881, he was appointed to replace George Airy as the eighth Astronomer Royal in 1881 and remained in office until 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Christie is the 512th most popular astronomer (up from 527th in 2019), the 4,107th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,722nd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Christie ranks 512 out of 644. Before him are Ruby Payne-Scott, DeLisle Stewart, Giuseppe Asclepi, Miguel Itzigsohn, Julie Vinter Hansen, and Ľudmila Pajdušáková. After him are Warren De la Rue, Alfred Bohrmann, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, William Rutter Dawes, Okuro Oikawa, and Hiroshi Kaneda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, William Christie ranks 96. Before him are Herbert Giles, Archibald Sayce, Hermann Bollé, Facundo Machaín, George Kennan, and Johann Berger. After him are Sámuel Teleki, Henry Sweet, Lobengula, William Healey Dall, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, and Juan Bautista Egusquiza. Among people deceased in 1922, William Christie ranks 116. Before him are Tullio Bozza, Josef Václav Myslbek, František Ondříček, Vilma Hugonnai, Take Ionescu, and Betzy Akersloot-Berg. After him are Serapio Calderón, Gaston Bonnier, Takamine Jōkichi, Lev Chugaev, A. V. Dicey, and August Palm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Christie ranks 4,108 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Riley (1980), Lisa Stansfield (1966), Juliet Mills (1941), Edward James (1907), Helen Allingham (1848), and Gwyneth Jones (1936). After him are Joseph Barcroft (1872), Keith Campbell (1954), Jack Broughton (1703), Flood (1960), Gia Scala (1934), and Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Christie ranks 63. Before him are Edward Pigott (1753), William Frederick Denning (1848), Patrick Moore (1923), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and William Henry Smyth (1788). After him are William Rutter Dawes (1799), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Madge Adam (1912), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), and Arnold Wolfendale (1927).

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