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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

1813 - 1890

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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer and professor at Hamilton College, New York, and a pioneer in the study and visual discovery of asteroids. His name is often given as C. H. F. Peters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters is the 97th most popular astronomer (up from 102nd in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,223rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 97 out of 644. Before him are Jacques Cassini, Ferdinand Verbiest, Varāhamihira, Fritz Zwicky, Angelo Secchi, and Giovanni Battista Riccioli. After him are Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, Tom Gehrels, and Walter Sydney Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 13. Before him are Ivar Aasen, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Franz Miklosich, Georg Büchner, Baron Alexander von Bach, and Charles-Valentin Alkan. After him are Henry Bessemer, Harriet Jacobs, Theophil Hansen, James Dwight Dana, Thomas Andrews, and Princess Marie of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1890, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 16. Before him are Joseph Merrick, Carl Bloch, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, and William Kemmler. After him are John Henry Newman, Niels Gade, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Jyotirao Phule, Gottfried Keller, and Alexander Georg von Bunge.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 917 out of 7,253. Before him are John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Isdal Woman (1940), Luise Rainer (1910), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), and Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779). After him are Kurt Eisner (1867), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Joseph Pilates (1883), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Eugen Dühring (1833), and Bernard Katz (1911).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 17. Before him are Johann Franz Encke (1791), Max Wolf (1863), Simon Marius (1573), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), and Petrus Apianus (1495). After him are Arthur Auwers (1838), David Fabricius (1564), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), and Heinrich Schwabe (1789).

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