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John Goodricke

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Dutch astronomer (1764-1786)

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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.

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
10

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,416x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,543x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,882x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,543x

  5. 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.