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Arthur Auwers

1838 - 1915

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Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (12 September 1838 – 24 January 1915) was a German astronomer. Auwers was born in Göttingen to Gottfried Daniel Auwers and Emma Christiane Sophie (née Borkenstein). He attended the University of Göttingen and worked at the University of Königsberg. He specialized in astrometry, making very precise measurements of stellar positions and motions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Auwers is the 101st most popular astronomer (up from 132nd in 2019), the 933rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,504th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Arthur Auwers ranks 101 out of 644. Before him are Angelo Secchi, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux. After him are Tom Gehrels, Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Charles Pickering, David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, and William Huggins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Arthur Auwers ranks 19. Before him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Ernest Solvay, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Léon Gambetta, Princess Louise of Prussia, and Anton Mauve. After him are Camille Jordan, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Vladimir Markovnikov, Yamagata Aritomo, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Among people deceased in 1915, Arthur Auwers ranks 13. Before him are Ellen G. White, Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Charles Tupper, and Wilhelm Windelband. After him are Émile Waldteufel, Sergei Taneyev, Anthony Wilding, Armand Peugeot, Michel Bréal, and Joe Hill.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arthur Auwers ranks 933 out of 7,253. Before him are Jochen Mass (1946), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Andreas Brehme (1960), Stefan George (1868), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), and Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856). After him are Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Frei Otto (1925), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Edith Frank (1900), and Philipp Otto Runge (1777).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Arthur Auwers ranks 18. Before him are Max Wolf (1863), Simon Marius (1573), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Petrus Apianus (1495), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813). After him are David Fabricius (1564), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), and Hermann Goldschmidt (1802).

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