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Gottfried Kirch

1639 - 1710

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Gottfried Kirch (German: [ˈkɪʁç]; also Kirche [ˈkɪʁçə], Kirkius; 18 December 1639 – 25 July 1710) was a German astronomer and the first "Astronomer Royal" in Berlin and, as such, director of the nascent Berlin Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried Kirch is the 272nd most popular astronomer (up from 440th in 2019), the 2,924th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,597th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Gottfried Kirch ranks 272 out of 644. Before him are Fyodor Bredikhin, Zdeňka Vávrová, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Edward Walter Maunder, Aleksander Wolszczan, and Cleostratus. After him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sandra Faber, Daniel Kirkwood, Antonia Maury, Marguerite Laugier, and Giovanni Domenico Maraldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1639, Gottfried Kirch ranks 8. Before him are Ivan Mazepa, Dom Pérignon, Marie Mancini, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, and Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse. After him are Laura Martinozzi, Caspar Netscher, and Metacomet. Among people deceased in 1710, Gottfried Kirch ranks 9. Before him are Emperor Higashiyama, Hennig Brand, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bernardo Pasquini, Gaspar Sanz, and Louis, Prince of Condé. After him is Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried Kirch ranks 2,926 out of 7,253. Before him are Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), Hans Albert (1921), Johanna Wolf (1900), Klaus Voormann (1938), Hans Herrmann (1928), and Johannes Popitz (1884). After him are August Leopold Crelle (1780), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Nico Rosberg (1985), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Max von Oppenheim (1860), and Wolfgang Lotz (1921).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Gottfried Kirch ranks 44. Before him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), and Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834). After him are Christine Kirch (1697), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Freimut Börngen (1930), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), and Franz Kaiser (1891).

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