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Alfred Schmitt

1907 - 1973

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Alfred Schmitt (30 November 1907 – 2 April 1975) was a French astronomer. Schmitt worked at Algiers Observatory in the 1930s and 1940s and at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium in the 1950s. From 1955 to 1958 he was also director of the Quito Observatory in Ecuador. He extensively studied minor planets and comets and is credited with having discovered four asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Schmitt is the 571st most popular astronomer (down from 456th in 2019), the 5,071st most popular biography from France (down from 4,523rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alfred Schmitt ranks 571 out of 644. Before him are Alexander Voeikov, Korado Korlević, Alexandre Schaumasse, Michel Giacobini, Thomas Bopp, and Richard A. Proctor. After him are Andrew Ainslie Common, John August Anderson, Kin Endate, David Rittenhouse, Rosaly Lopes, and Naoto Satō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Alfred Schmitt ranks 361. Before him are Lotfia Elnadi, Rolf Jacobsen, Joseph Gonzales, Adalbert Püllöck, Rudolf Krause, and Mike Mazurki. After him are Quiterio Olmedo, Kate Smith, Frank Saker, Charles Korvin, Ruth Patrick, and Ann Todd. Among people deceased in 1973, Alfred Schmitt ranks 265. Before him are Aleksandr Ponomarev, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Balraj Sahni, Steven Geray, C. H. Dodd, and John Heysham Gibbon. After him are Manuel Rojas, Eddie Condon, Clarence White, Michael Dunn, William Inge, and James Wilson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alfred Schmitt ranks 5,071 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Niney (1989), François Dupeyron (1950), Kavinsky (1975), Danièle Sallenave (1940), Arnaud Montebourg (1962), and Elsa Zylberstein (1968). After him are Cyril Collard (1957), René Vautier (1928), Jean Forestier (1930), André Dhôtel (1900), Cédric Bakambu (1991), and Philippe Riboud (1957).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Alfred Schmitt ranks 52. Before him are Audouin Dollfus (1924), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Ernest Esclangon (1876), Louise du Pierry (1746), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), and Michel Giacobini (1873). After him are Françoise Combes (1952).

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