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Hermann Carl Vogel

1841 - 1907

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Hermann Carl Vogel (; German: [ˈfoːɡl̩]; 3 April 1841 – 13 August 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries using spectral analysis of the stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Carl Vogel is the 149th most popular astronomer (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,443rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,517th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hermann Carl Vogel ranks 149 out of 644Before him are George Darwin, Oskar Backlund, Williamina Fleming, Antonio Abetti, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Wilhelm Beer. After him are Adelard of Bath, James Dunlop, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Maslama al-Majriti, Jacobus Kapteyn, and Jeremiah Horrocks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Hermann Carl Vogel ranks 25Before him are Ferdinand Buisson, Armand Guillaumin, Emmanuel Chabrier, Ernst Schröder, Victor D'Hondt, and Clément Ader. After him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Louis Le Prince, Philipp Mainländer, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and Eliza Orzeszkowa. Among people deceased in 1907, Hermann Carl Vogel ranks 25Before him are Paula Modersohn-Becker, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Ilia Chavchavadze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, and Léo Taxil. After him are Qiu Jin, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Charles W. Alcock, William Le Baron Jenney, Henry Steel Olcott, and William Henry Perkin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Carl Vogel ranks 1,443 out of 7,253Before him are Jakob Wassermann (1873), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Bernhard Rust (1883), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (1708), and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650). After him are Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840), Ernst vom Rath (1909), and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Hermann Carl Vogel ranks 30Before him are Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), and Wilhelm Beer (1797). After him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Tobias Mayer (1723), Andreas Cellarius (1596), and Erasmus Reinhold (1511).