# 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.

*Astronomer (1711-1786)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/thomas-wright

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1711-09-22
- **Died:** 1786-02-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 19.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [湯姆斯·萊特 (天文學家)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%AF%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%90%8A%E7%89%B9_(%E5%A4%A9%E6%96%87%E5%AD%B8%E5%AE%B6))
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- [Thomas Wright](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wright)
- [توماس رایت](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA)
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- [토머스 라이트](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%A8%B8%EC%8A%A4_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8)
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- [Райт, Томас (астроном)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC))
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460791)

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