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Fernand Courty

1862 - 1921

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Fernand Courty (11 June 1862 – 12 October 1921) was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He joined Bordeaux Observatory when it was founded in 1880 by Georges Rayet and worked as an assistant astronomer. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of two asteroids at Bordeaux in 1894. He also made meteorological observations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernand Courty is the 451st most popular astronomer (down from 430th in 2019), the 4,226th most popular biography from France (up from 4,383rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Fernand Courty ranks 451 out of 644. Before him are Lipót Schulhof, Schelte J. Bus, Paul W. Merrill, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Joseph Helffrich, and Holger Thiele. After him are Hans-Emil Schuster, Ernst Hartwig, Mary Proctor, William Robert Brooks, Grigory Shajn, and Hisashi Kimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Fernand Courty ranks 120. Before him are Ida B. Wells, Robert Emden, Tomitaro Makino, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Wilhelm Weinberg, and Anastasios Metaxas. After him are Stanisław Narutowicz, Mary Proctor, Hermann Gunkel, Hulda Garborg, Eugen Schmidt, and Andrew Fisher. Among people deceased in 1921, Fernand Courty ranks 104. Before him are Edward Douglass White, Virginia Rappe, Jean Cau, Andrew Watson, Lipót Schulhof, and Alexandre Michon. After him are Yosef Haim Brenner, William Robert Brooks, Lev Chernyi, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ludwig Knorr, and Julius von Hann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fernand Courty ranks 4,226 out of 6,770. Before him are Gervase of Tilbury (1155), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Edmond Delfour (1907), Léon Glovacki (1928), Jules Koundé (1998), and Florence Devouard (1968). After him are Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), Louis Henri Boussenard (1847), Ernest Labrousse (1895), Colette Besson (1946), Dominique Lavanant (1944), and Bernard Heuvelmans (1916).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Fernand Courty ranks 45. Before him are André Patry (1902), Louis Boyer (1901), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), and Adrien Auzout (1622). After him are Audouin Dollfus (1924), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Ernest Esclangon (1876), Louise du Pierry (1746), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), and Michel Giacobini (1873).

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