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Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux

1718 - 1751

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Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip lois də ʃezo]; 4 May 1718 – 30 November 1751) was a Swiss astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux is the 100th most popular astronomer (up from 172nd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 191st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux ranks 100 out of 644. Before him are Fritz Zwicky, Angelo Secchi, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Norris Russell, and Abu Hanifa Dinawari. After him are Arthur Auwers, Tom Gehrels, Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Charles Pickering, David Fabricius, and Johann Elert Bode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux ranks 4. Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mariana Victoria of Spain, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. After him are Alexander Roslin, Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. Among people deceased in 1751, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux ranks 6. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, William IV, Prince of Orange, and Frederick, Prince of Wales. After him are Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Leonard of Port Maurice, Christopher Polhem, and Nicola Salvi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux ranks 98 out of 1,015. Before him are Albrecht von Haller (1708), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Jean Tinguely (1925), Jost Bürgi (1552), Charles Gleyre (1806), and Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741). After him are Anna Göldi (1734), François Vatel (1631), Carla Del Ponte (1947), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), and Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux ranks 2. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942). After him are Didier Queloz (1966), Paul Wild (1925), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Robert Emden (1862), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664).

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