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Brian G. Marsden

1937 - 2010

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Brian Geoffrey Marsden (5 August 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (director emeritus from 2006 to 2010). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian G. Marsden is the 327th most popular astronomer (up from 374th in 2019), the 3,419th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,213th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Brian G. Marsden ranks 327 out of 644. Before him are Georges Rayet, Oenopides, Christoph Arnold, Edward Sabine, Takeshi Urata, and George Van Biesbroeck. After him are Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, John Machin, Allan Sandage, Nils Christoffer Dunér, and Maria Clara Eimmart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Brian G. Marsden ranks 234. Before him are Claude Allègre, Jackie Collins, George Kerr, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, and Ivo Daneu. After him are Garth Hudson, Luciana Paluzzi, Keiko Abe, Gyula Zsivótzky, Lorraine Gary, and Marcian Hoff. Among people deceased in 2010, Brian G. Marsden ranks 177. Before him are Theo Albrecht, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Farooq Leghari, Tom Bosley, Armand Razafindratandra, and Abu Ayyub al-Masri. After him are Allan Sandage, Larry Evans, Alan Sillitoe, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Egon Klepsch, and Kevin McCarthy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Brian G. Marsden ranks 3,421 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805), Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653), Hermann Muhs (1894), Carl Blechen (1798), Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), and Hans Heyer (1943). After him are John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Johann Samuel König (1712), Walther Kadow (1900), Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933), Sophie von La Roche (1730), and Hedwig of Holstein (1260).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Brian G. Marsden ranks 47. Before him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Gottfried Kirch (1639), Christine Kirch (1697), and Karl Christian Bruhns (1830). After him are Freimut Börngen (1930), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Franz Kaiser (1891), Julius Schiller (1580), Heinrich Kreutz (1854), and Carl Gustav Witt (1866).

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