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Andreas Cellarius

1596 - 1665

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Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596–1665) was a Dutch–German cartographer and cosmographer best known for his 1660 Harmonia Macrocosmica, a major star atlas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Cellarius is the 197th most popular astronomer (down from 194th in 2019), the 1,977th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,233rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Andreas Cellarius ranks 197 out of 644. Before him are George William Hill, Johann Daniel Titius, Otto Struve, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, and Andrea M. Ghez. After him are J. Allen Hynek, Ali Qushji, Nancy Roman, Félix Tisserand, Antonín Mrkos, and George Mary Searle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Andreas Cellarius ranks 17. Before him are Peter Mogila, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Constantijn Huygens, Johan Banér, Joan Blaeu, and Jacob van Campen. After him are Leonaert Bramer, Jean Bolland, Thomas de Keyser, Ebba Brahe, Heinrich Scheidemann, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1665, Andreas Cellarius ranks 11. Before him are Elisabetta Sirani, César, Duke of Vendôme, Stefan Czarniecki, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. After him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Jean Bolland, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Lorenzo Lippi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Cellarius ranks 1,978 out of 7,253. Before him are Eduard Wirths (1909), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), and Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235). After him are Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), Lorenz Oken (1779), George, Duke of Bavaria (1455), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870), Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603), and Marianne Brandt (1893).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Andreas Cellarius ranks 35. Before him are Wilhelm Beer (1797), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), and Tobias Mayer (1723). After him are Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), Johannes Fabricius (1587), and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870).

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