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Friedrich Tietjen

1834 - 1895

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Friedrich Tietjen (1832 in Westerstede, Oldenburg – 1895 in Berlin) was a German astronomer. He was director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) from 1874 until his death in 1895. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of one minor planet, the 120-kilometer sized asteroid 86 Semele. The main-belt asteroid 2158 Tietjen, discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in 1933, was named in his memory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Tietjen is the 408th most popular astronomer (down from 397th in 2019), the 4,099th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,354th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Friedrich Tietjen ranks 408 out of 644. Before him are Dorothea Klumpke, Ludwig Biermann, Geoffrey Burbidge, Jill Tarter, Michael E. Brown, and Bart Bok. After him are Georg Marcgrave, John Pond, Eise Eisinga, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Johann III Bernoulli, and Harry Edwin Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Friedrich Tietjen ranks 71. Before him are Adrien René Franchet, Vilém Blodek, Franz Steindachner, Hermann Usener, Étienne Laspeyres, and Valtazar Bogišić. After him are Edmond Laguerre, John Wesley Powell, Lyuben Karavelov, Miguel Grau Seminario, Georg Hermann Quincke, and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano. Among people deceased in 1895, Friedrich Tietjen ranks 69. Before him are Thomas Francis Wade, Jorge Isaacs, Gustav Spörer, Nikolay Girs, Ludwig Schläfli, and Heinrich Moritz Willkomm. After him are Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Karl Schenk, L. L. Langstroth, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Tietjen ranks 4,101 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Schreck (1576), Herbert Norkus (1916), Herluf Bidstrup (1912), Kurt Aland (1915), Inge Borkh (1921), and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774). After him are Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Helmuth Rilling (1933), John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621), Georg Adolf Erman (1806), Carl Sternheim (1878), and Albert Bassermann (1867).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Tietjen ranks 61. Before him are Paul Götz (1883), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Gustav Spörer (1822), and Ludwig Biermann (1907). After him are Georg Marcgrave (1610), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), and Joseph Helffrich (1890).

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