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William Lassell

1799 - 1880

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William Lassell (18 June 1799 – 5 October 1880) was an English merchant and astronomer. He is remembered for his improvements to the reflecting telescope and his ensuing discoveries of four planetary satellites. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Lassell is the 37th most popular astronomer (up from 51st in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 530th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Astronomer.

Lassell is most famous for discovering the planet Uranus.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Lassell ranks 37 out of 644. Before him are Charles Greeley Abbot, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Johann Palisa, Johann Gottfried Galle, and Sosigenes of Alexandria. After him are Robert Woodrow Wilson, Vesto Slipher, Johannes Hevelius, Asaph Hall, Johann Bayer, and Clyde Tombaugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, William Lassell ranks 5. Before him are Honoré de Balzac, Alexander Pushkin, Oscar I of Sweden, and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron. After him are Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Mary Anning, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Fromental Halévy, Charles II, Duke of Parma, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, and Karl Bryullov. Among people deceased in 1880, William Lassell ranks 3. Before him are Gustave Flaubert, and Jacques Offenbach. After him are Maria Alexandrovna, Henryk Wieniawski, George Eliot, Paul Broca, Emperor Norton, Michel Chasles, Ned Kelly, Anselm Feuerbach, and James Craig Watson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lassell ranks 415 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hawkins (1532), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), John Hurt (1940), Harthacnut (1018), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), and Liz Truss (1975). After him are Andrew Carnegie (1835), Philip Larkin (1922), Thomas De Quincey (1785), Margaret Tudor (1489), William Laud (1573), and Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, William Lassell ranks 3. Before him are Edmond Halley (1656), and Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943). After him are Martin Ryle (1918), Arthur Eddington (1882), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Michell (1724), James Bradley (1693), John Flamsteed (1646), Fred Hoyle (1915), Antony Hewish (1924), and John Russell Hind (1823).

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