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Christoph Scheiner

1575 - 1650

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Christoph Scheiner (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 June 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Scheiner is the 312th most popular physicist (down from 288th in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,129th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christoph Scheiner ranks 312 out of 851. Before him are Freeman Dyson, Alain Aspect, Rainer Weiss, Andre Geim, Otto Robert Frisch, and Dennis W. Sciama. After him are Daniel C. Tsui, John Vincent Atanasoff, Steven Chu, Hagen Kleinert, Pierre Louis Dulong, and Shuji Nakamura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1575, Christoph Scheiner ranks 6. Before him are Marie de' Medici, Guido Reni, Jakob Böhme, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, and Concino Concini. After him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine de Montchrestien, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Vittoria Aleotti, and Francesco Molin. Among people deceased in 1650, Christoph Scheiner ranks 4. Before him are René Descartes, William II, Prince of Orange, and Dorgon. After him are Tukaram, Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Hanzade Sultan, Cristóvão Ferreira, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, and Catalina de Erauso.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 1,162 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Michael Ballack (1976), Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), Gottlob Berger (1896), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868). After him are Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Johann Mattheson (1681), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), and Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 44. Before him are Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl von Linde (1842), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Friedrich Hund (1896), and Rainer Weiss (1932). After him are Ludwig Prandtl (1875), John B. Goodenough (1922), Walther Gerlach (1889), Pascual Jordan (1902), Franz Aepinus (1724), and Heinrich Geißler (1814).

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