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Johann Karl Burckhardt

1773 - 1825

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Johann Karl Burckhardt (30 April 1773 – 22 June 1825) was a German-born astronomer and mathematician. He later became a naturalized French citizen and became known as Jean Charles Burckhardt. He is remembered in particular for his work in fundamental astronomy, and for his lunar theory, which was in widespread use for the construction of navigational ephemerides of the Moon for much of the first half of the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Karl Burckhardt is the 684th most popular mathematician (down from 648th in 2019), the 4,167th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,172nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann Karl Burckhardt ranks 684 out of 1,004Before him are Jean Bourgain, Thoralf Skolem, Julius Petersen, Nilakantha Somayaji, Egon Pearson, and Edmond Laguerre. After him are Ken Ribet, Friedrich Waismann, Roy Kerr, Jerzy Różycki, Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, and Helena Rasiowa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Johann Karl Burckhardt ranks 44Before him are Agostino Bassi, Jacob Aall, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Yuri Lisyansky, Sally Hemings, and Josef August Schultes. After him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Mihály Pollack, José Rondeau, Joseph Woelfl, Mihály Csokonai, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1825, Johann Karl Burckhardt ranks 29Before him are Vladimir Borovikovsky, Jan Václav Voříšek, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Pierre Gaveaux, Peter Winter, and Juan Martín Díez. After him are Wilhelm Hemprich, Utagawa Toyokuni, Maha Bandula, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Yakov Sannikov, and Edward Pigott.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Burckhardt ranks 4,169 out of 7,253Before him are Irmgard Keun (1905), Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1802), Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), Alfred Müller-Armack (1901), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), and Alfred Bickel (1918). After him are Ruth Fischer (1895), Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Wilhelm Lexis (1837), Wolfgang Flür (1947), Walburga Habsburg Douglas (1958), and Johann Theile (1646).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Johann Karl Burckhardt ranks 78Before him are Martin Ohm (1792), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Grete Hermann (1901), Ludwig Bieberbach (1886), Michael Artin (1934), and Johann Schreck (1576). After him are Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1798), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Fritz Noether (1884), and Wilhelm Killing (1847).