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August Kopff

1882 - 1960

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August Kopff (* 5. Februar 1882 in Heidelberg; † 25. April 1960 in Heidelberg) war ein deutscher Astronom und Entdecker vieler Asteroiden (Kleinplaneten). Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. August Kopff is the 109th most popular astronom (up from 142nd in 2024), the 1,037th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,621st in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Astronom.

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Among Astronoms

Among astronoms, August Kopff ranks 109 out of 644. Before him are Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Charles Pickering, David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, and Lewis A. Swift. After him are Stephen Gray, Robert Luther, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Annie Jump Cannon, James Van Allen, and Petrus Plancius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, August Kopff ranks 55. Before him are Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Yusef of Morocco, Éamon de Valera, Wacław Sierpiński, Yakub Kolas, and Robert Hichens. Among people deceased in 1960, August Kopff ranks 25. Before him are Aloysius Stepinac, Igor Kurchatov, Ernst von Dohnányi, J. L. Austin, Ana Pauker, and Clara Haskil. After him are Henri Guisan, Victor Sjöström, Héctor Castro, Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, and Said Nursî.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Kopff ranks 1,037 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), and Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831). After him are Boris Becker (1967), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), and William II of Württemberg (1848).

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Among Astronoms In Germany

Among astronoms born in Germany, August Kopff ranks 21. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Petrus Apianus (1495), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Arthur Auwers (1838), David Fabricius (1564), and Johann Elert Bode (1747). After him are Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), and Wilhelm von Biela (1782).

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