# John Canton

> John Canton was a British physicist. He was born in Middle Street Stroud, Gloucestershire, to a weaver, John Canton and Esther. As a schoolboy, he became the first person to determine the latitude of Stroud, while making a sundial. The sundial caught the attention of many, including Dr Henry Miles, a Stroud-born Fellow of the Royal Society. Miles encouraged Canton to leave Gloucestershire to become a trainee teacher for Samuel Watkins, the headmaster of a Nonconformist school in Spital Square, London, with whom he ultimately entered into partnership.

*British physicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-canton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1718-07-31
- **Died:** 1772-03-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 18.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [جون كانتون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جون كانتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جان کانتون](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [John Canton](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [جان کانتون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [John Canton](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [존 캔턴](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%BA%94%ED%84%B4)
- [John Canton](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [Кэнтон, Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [John Canton](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [John Canton](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Canton)
- [约翰·坎通](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%9D%8E%E9%80%9A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550798)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/john-canton