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Franz Kaiser

1891 - 1962

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Franz Heinrich Kaiser (25 April 1891 – 13 March 1962) was a German astronomer. He worked at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory from 1911 to 1914 while working on his Ph.D. there, which he obtained in 1915. During this time, Heidelberg was a center of asteroid discovery, and Kaiser discovered 21 asteroids during his time there. The outer main-belt asteroid 3183 Franzkaiser was named in his memory on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22497). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Kaiser is the 334th most popular astronomer (down from 309th in 2019), the 3,507th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,588th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Franz Kaiser ranks 334 out of 644. Before him are Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, John Machin, Allan Sandage, Nils Christoffer Dunér, and Maria Clara Eimmart. After him are Beatrice Tinsley, James Challis, Julius Schiller, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Heinrich Kreutz, and James L. Elliot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Franz Kaiser ranks 153. Before him are José Enrique Varela, Mischa Elman, Federico Moreno Torroba, Vittorio Jano, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, and Erik Almlöf. After him are Henry Tandey, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Richard Tauber, Ágnes Esterházy, Hamo Beknazarian, and Vladislav Vančura. Among people deceased in 1962, Franz Kaiser ranks 110. Before him are Paavo Aaltonen, Candido Portinari, Richard Herrmann, Hermann Muhs, Pierre Benoit, and Philippe Cattiau. After him are Sylvia Beach, Kunio Yanagita, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Paul Götz, Joe Ruddy, and Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Kaiser ranks 3,509 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Kolbe (1877), Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), Hanni Wenzel (1956), Kurt Jooss (1901), Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661), and Tino Chrupalla (1975). After him are Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Franz Nissl (1860), Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846), and Alwin Berger (1871).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Franz Kaiser ranks 50. Before him are Gottfried Kirch (1639), Christine Kirch (1697), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Freimut Börngen (1930), and Maria Clara Eimmart (1676). After him are Julius Schiller (1580), Heinrich Kreutz (1854), Carl Gustav Witt (1866), Otto Lesser (1830), Paul Götz (1883), and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765).

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