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Heinrich Louis d'Arrest

1822 - 1875

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Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (13 August 1822 – 14 June 1875; German pronunciation: [daˈʁɛ] ) was a German astronomer, born in Berlin. His name is sometimes given as Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Louis d'Arrest is the 33rd most popular astronomer (up from 54th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 676th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Astronomer.

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest is most famous for his discovery of the comet which bears his name, Comet d'Arrest.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ranks 33 out of 644. Before him are Giuseppe Piazzi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, Charles Greeley Abbot, and Giovanni Schiaparelli. After him are Johann Palisa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, and Vesto Slipher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ranks 8. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, Rudolf Clausius, and César Franck. After him are Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Étienne Lenoir, and Charles Hermite. Among people deceased in 1875, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Jean-François Millet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Éliphas Lévi, Andrew Johnson, and John Edward Gray. After him are Charles Lyell, Isaac Singer, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Charles Wheatstone, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and 12th Dalai Lama.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ranks 342 out of 7,253. Before him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Henry the Lion (1129), Klaus Schwab (1938), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868). After him are Georgy Lvov (1861), Karl May (1842), Theodor Heuss (1884), Simone Signoret (1921), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), and Max Horkheimer (1895).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Kepler (1571), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), William Herschel (1738), and Caroline Herschel (1750). After him are Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Johann Bayer (1572), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), Johann Franz Encke (1791), and Max Wolf (1863).

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