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Eise Eisinga

1744 - 1828

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Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian astronomer and autodidact who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eise Eisinga is the 411th most popular astronomer (down from 323rd in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 575th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Eise Eisinga ranks 411 out of 644. Before him are Jill Tarter, Michael E. Brown, Bart Bok, Friedrich Tietjen, Georg Marcgrave, and John Pond. After him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Johann III Bernoulli, Harry Edwin Wood, George Herbig, Zinaida Aksentyeva, and Carlyle S. Beals.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Eise Eisinga ranks 22. Before him are Giacomo Quarenghi, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Marianna Martines, Nikolay Novikov, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, and Conrad Moench. After him are Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Micaela Bastidas, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Mary Moser. Among people deceased in 1828, Eise Eisinga ranks 31. Before him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Lady Caroline Lamb, François Isaac de Rivaz, Jacques Lauriston, Rachel Jackson, and Christian August Lorentzen. After him are Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Thomas Bewick, Manuel Dorrego, Vincenzo Monti, and Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Eise Eisinga ranks 633 out of 1,646. Before him are Bart Bok (1906), Semmy Schilt (1973), Godfried Schalcken (1643), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Simon Vestdijk (1898), and Arend Heyting (1898). After him are Pieter Pourbus (1523), Wim Anderiesen (1903), Herman Heijermans (1864), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), and Johannes Burman (1707).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Eise Eisinga ranks 17. Before him are Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), Walter Lewin (1936), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Peter van de Kamp (1901), and Bart Bok (1906). After him are Kees de Jager (1921), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Ewine van Dishoeck (1955), and Adriaan van Maanen (1884).

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