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Ejnar Hertzsprung

1873 - 1967

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Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danish: [ˈɑjnɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsˌpʁɔŋ]; 8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer. He is best remembered for his role in developing the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ejnar Hertzsprung is the 79th most popular astronomer (up from 84th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 112th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Astronomer.

Ejnar Hertzsprung is most famous for his Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity of stars against their surface temperature.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 79 out of 644. Before him are Albert Marth, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Pierre Méchain, Pierre Janssen, Russell Alan Hulse, and Wilhelm Tempel. After him are Antony Hewish, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, John Russell Hind, Percival Lowell, Arthur B. McDonald, and Karl Ludwig Harding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 25. Before him are Antonie Pannekoek, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Julius Martov, Max Reger, Alexander Bogdanov, and G. E. Moore. After him are Francisco I. Madero, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Kyösti Kallio, Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reinhardt, and William McMaster Murdoch. Among people deceased in 1967, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 37. Before him are John Coltrane, Wolfgang Köhler, Woody Guthrie, Hermann Joseph Muller, Norman Angell, and John Cockcroft. After him are Françoise Dorléac, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Shigeru Yoshida, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Héctor Scarone, and Jayne Mansfield.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 88 out of 1,032. Before him are Gerda Wegener (1886), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Peter Schmeichel (1963), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879). After him are Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944), Allan Simonsen (1952), Eric IV of Denmark (1216), Canute Lavard (1096), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), and Hans Christian Gram (1853).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 2. Before him are Ole Rømer (1644). After him are John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Richard Martin West (1941), Holger Thiele (1878), Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), and Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).

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