Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulæ were distant galaxies.

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Who was born first?

• Thomas Wright and Ruđer Josip Bošković were born the same year
• Thomas Wright and Laura Bassi were born the same year
• Thomas Wright was born 1 year after Johann II Bernoulli
• Thomas Wright was born 1 year after Thomas Reid
• Thomas Wright was born 1 year after Thomas Simpson

Timeline

1. Johann II BernoulliMay 28, 1710 – July 17, 1790
2. Thomas ReidApril 26, 1710 – October 7, 1796
3. Thomas SimpsonAugust 20, 1710 – May 14, 1761
4. Laura BassiOctober 29, 1711 – February 20, 1778
5. Ruđer Josip BoškovićMay 18, 1711 – February 13, 1787
6. Thomas Wright (this page)September 22, 1711 – February 22, 1786

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716