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Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner

1834 - 1882

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Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (8 November 1834, Berlin – 25 April 1882, Leipzig) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. He was also an early psychical investigator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner is the 257th most popular astronomer (down from 224th in 2019), the 2,700th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,641st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 257 out of 644. Before him are William Cranch Bond, Bertil Lindblad, Halton Arp, Wang Zhenyi, Maximilian Hell, and Henri-Alexandre Deslandres. After him are Elizabeth Roemer, Carl Charlier, Timocharis, Luboš Kohoutek, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, and Dominique, comte de Cassini.

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Among people born in 1834, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 43. Before him are James Gibbons, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Edwin Klebs, Joachim III of Constantinople, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, and Carl Lange. After him are Kamehameha IV, Adolf Lüderitz, Adrien Proust, Adolph Frank, Serafino Vannutelli, and Ewald Hering. Among people deceased in 1882, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 42. Before him are Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Berthold Auerbach, Estanislao Figueras, Alfred Escher, Johann Benedict Listing, and Đuro Daničić. After him are Georges Leclanché, John Scott Russell, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Ferdinand Reich, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Thomas Romney Robinson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 2,701 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Bertram (1859), Konrad Peutinger (1465), Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522), Curt Sachs (1881), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), and Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852). After him are Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp (1569), Claude Dornier (1884), Herman I of Baden (1040), Master Francke (1380), Margarete Steiff (1847), and Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1740).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 43. Before him are Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835). After him are Gottfried Kirch (1639), Christine Kirch (1697), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Brian G. Marsden (1937), Freimut Börngen (1930), and Maria Clara Eimmart (1676).

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