John Goodricke
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OverviewAI-generated
John Goodricke was a male person from the United States. He was born on 1764-09-17 and died on 1786-04-20. His works are associated with genres including 2008 universal fire victim, academy award winner, american, american composer, and cinematic classical.
He is recognized in the Royal Society collection. Crossref data indicates he has five works.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,416x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,543x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,882x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,543x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,119x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1764-09-17 ) 17 September 1764, Groningen
- Died
- 20 April 1786 (1786-04-20) (aged 21)
- Known for
- Studies of variable stars
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1783)
- Fields
- Astronomy
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Encyclopedic overview
John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Goodricke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.