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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

1758 - 1840

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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers is the 9th most popular astronomer (up from 21st in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Germany (up from 277th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Astronomer.

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers is most famous for his astronomical paradox, which states that the night sky should be infinitely bright because of the infinite number of stars in the universe.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 9 out of 644. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Giordano Bruno, Ptolemy, Edmond Halley, Tycho Brahe, and Anders Celsius. After him are William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus, Ulugh Beg, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and Edwin Hubble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 2. Before him is Maximilien Robespierre. After him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Noah Webster, James Monroe, André Masséna, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Kamehameha I, Franz Joseph Gall, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1840, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 3. Before him are Niccolò Paganini, and Caspar David Friedrich. After him are Frederick William III of Prussia, Siméon Denis Poisson, Emperor Kōkaku, Lucien Bonaparte, Jacques MacDonald, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 96 out of 7,253. Before him are Bruce Willis (1955), Clara Schumann (1819), Charles the Bald (823), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775). After him are Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Karl Jaspers (1883), Rudolf Höss (1901), Peter III of Russia (1728), and Charles Bukowski (1920).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 2. Before him are Johannes Kepler (1571). After him are William Herschel (1738), Caroline Herschel (1750), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), 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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