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Johann Daniel Titius

1729 - 1796

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Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz(e), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg. Titius was born in Konitz (Chojnice), Royal Prussia (a fief of the Crown of Poland) to Jakob Tietz, a merchant and council member from Konitz, and Maria Dorothea, née Hanow. His original name was Johann Tietz, but as was customary in the 18th century, when he became a university professor, he Latinized his surname to Titius. Tietz attended school in Danzig (Gdańsk) and studied at the University of Leipzig (1749–1752). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Daniel Titius is the 192nd most popular astronomer (down from 143rd in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Poland (down from 341st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Daniel Titius ranks 192 out of 644. Before him are George Phillips Bond, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and George William Hill. After him are Otto Struve, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Andreas Cellarius, and J. Allen Hynek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Johann Daniel Titius ranks 12. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, and Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg. After him are Giuseppe Sarti, Johann Reinhold Forster, Florian Leopold Gassmann, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Thomas Percy. Among people deceased in 1796, Johann Daniel Titius ranks 13. Before him are James Macpherson, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Samuel Huntington, Pyotr Rumyantsev, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. After him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Shahrokh Shah, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, François de Charette, Velu Nachiyar, and Prince Louis Charles of Prussia.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Daniel Titius ranks 386 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanisław Wojciechowski (1869), Joachim Kroll (1933), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Samuel Goldwyn (1879), and Czesława Kwoka (1943). After him are Karol Świerczewski (1897), Izabela Czartoryska (1746), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Joachim Meisner (1933), Krystian Zimerman (1956), and Maria Cunitz (1610).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Johann Daniel Titius ranks 6. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Albert Marth (1828), and Robert Luther (1822). After him are Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).

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