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Bertil Lindblad

1895 - 1965

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Bertil Lindblad (26 November 1895 – 25 June 1965) was a Swedish astronomer. After finishing his secondary education at Örebro högre allmänna läroverk, Lindblad matriculated at Uppsala University in 1914. He received his filosofie magister degree in 1917, his filosofie licentiat degree in 1918 and completed his doctorate and became a docent at the university in 1920. From 1927 he was professor and astronomer of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and head of the Stockholm Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bertil Lindblad is the 252nd most popular astronomer (down from 208th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 330th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bertil Lindblad ranks 252 out of 644. Before him are Charles T. Kowal, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Margherita Hack, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, James Ferguson, and William Cranch Bond. After him are Halton Arp, Wang Zhenyi, Maximilian Hell, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, and Elizabeth Roemer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Bertil Lindblad ranks 121. Before him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Jacques Brugnon, Liaquat Ali Khan, Ernesto Lecuona, Iona Nikitchenko, and Ernst Kantorowicz. After him are Robert Heinrich Wagner, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Alfred Neuland, Pan Yuliang, H. A. R. Gibb, and Isamu Chō. Among people deceased in 1965, Bertil Lindblad ranks 81. Before him are Alfredo Guzzoni, William Heard Kilpatrick, Wilhelm Worringer, Ladislao Vajda, Roberto Cherro, and Tito Schipa. After him are Lionel Terray, Philip Showalter Hench, George Adamski, Kurt Goldstein, Johann Kremer, and Khalid al-Azm.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bertil Lindblad ranks 375 out of 1,879. Before him are Viveca Sten (1959), Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), Reine Wisell (1941), John Ljunggren (1919), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), and Kristina Söderbaum (1912). After him are Ove Andersson (1938), Malena Ernman (1970), Börje Salming (1951), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984), and Johan August Brinell (1849).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Bertil Lindblad ranks 5. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Oskar Backlund (1846), and Bengt Strömgren (1908). After him are Carl Charlier (1862), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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