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Johann Bayer

1572 - 1625

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Johann Bayer (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈbaɪɐ]; 1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer). He was born in Rain in 1572. In 1592, aged 20, he began his study of philosophy and law at the University of Ingolstadt, after which he moved to Augsburg to begin work as a lawyer, becoming legal adviser to the city council in 1612. Bayer had several interests outside his work, including archaeology and mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Bayer is the 42nd most popular astronomer (up from 57th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Germany (up from 714th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Astronomer.

Johann Bayer was a German astronomer and cartographer who is most famous for the publication of Uranometria, a star atlas.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Bayer ranks 42 out of 644. Before him are Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Vesto Slipher, Johannes Hevelius, and Asaph Hall. After him are Clyde Tombaugh, Martin Ryle, Wilhelm Schickard, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Michel Mayor, and Arthur Eddington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Johann Bayer ranks 1. After him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Sigismund Báthory, Jane Frances de Chantal, Susenyos I, Izumo no Okuni, Cornelis Drebbel, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1625, Johann Bayer ranks 5. Before him are James VI and I, Sofonisba Anguissola, Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Jan Brueghel the Elder. After him are Simon Marius, Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Bayer ranks 479 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Fromm (1888), Heinrich Mann (1871), Konrad Zuse (1910), Joachim Peiper (1915), Louis the Child (893), and August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767). After him are Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Franz Brentano (1838), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gregor Strasser (1892), and George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Bayer ranks 7. Before him are Johannes Kepler (1571), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), William Herschel (1738), Caroline Herschel (1750), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), and Johann Gottfried Galle (1812). After him are Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Max Wolf (1863), and Simon Marius (1573).

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