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Hugo von Seeliger

1849 - 1924

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Hugo von Seeliger (23 September 1849 – 2 December 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo von Seeliger is the 345th most popular astronomer (down from 343rd in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from Poland (up from 804th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 345 out of 644. Before him are Heinrich Kreutz, James L. Elliot, Klim Churyumov, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Fang Lizhi, and Rudolph Minkowski. After him are Walter Lewin, Carl A. Wirtanen, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Carl Gustav Witt, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and James Glaisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 65. Before him are Jean Richepin, Emile Claus, Edmund Barton, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Olena Pchilka, and Albert Heim. After him are Ida Straus, William Ernest Henley, Johan Kjeldahl, Ferdinand Brunetière, Pedro Montt, and Jacob Riis. Among people deceased in 1924, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 87. Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, E. Nesbit, and William Bayliss. After him are Luigi Pelloux, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Kuroda Seiki, Eva May, Jiří Wolker, and Teodor Teodorov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 747 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Bilczewski (1860), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Kurt Feldt (1897), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852), Basia (1954), and Robert Gadocha (1946). After him are Alina Szapocznikow (1926), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Jankel Adler (1895), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Andrzej Munk (1921), and Kurd Lasswitz (1848).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 12. Before him are Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), and Aleksander Wolszczan (1946). After him are Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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