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Anders Celsius

1701 - 1744

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Anders Celsius (Swedish: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed (an inverted form of) the centigrade temperature scale, which was later renamed Celsius in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Celsius is the 8th most popular astronomer (down from 6th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Astronomer.

Anders Celsius is most famous for inventing the Celsius scale.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Anders Celsius ranks 8 out of 644. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Giordano Bruno, Ptolemy, Edmond Halley, and Tycho Brahe. After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus, Ulugh Beg, and Ja'far al-Sadiq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1701, Anders Celsius ranks 1. After him are Maria Amalia of Austria, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Anna Magdalena Bach, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Pietro Longhi, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Sharaku, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Dmitry Laptev, Johan Agrell, and Nicolai Eigtved. Among people deceased in 1744, Anders Celsius ranks 1. After him are Giambattista Vico, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Alexander Pope, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Giuseppe Guarneri, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Antiochus Kantemir.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Anders Celsius ranks 9 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Astrid Lindgren (1907), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), and Tycho Brahe (1546). After him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), August Strindberg (1849), Olof Palme (1927), and Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Anders Celsius ranks 2. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546). After him are Oskar Backlund (1846), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Carl Charlier (1862), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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