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John Louis Emil Dreyer

1852 - 1926

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John Louis Emil Dreyer (13 February 1852 – 14 September 1926), also Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer, was a Danish astronomer who spent most of his career working in Ireland. He spent the last decade of his life in Oxford, England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Louis Emil Dreyer is the 112th most popular astronomer (up from 115th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 140th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Louis Emil Dreyer ranks 112 out of 644. Before him are Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, August Kopff, Stephen Gray, and Robert Luther. After him are Annie Jump Cannon, James Van Allen, Petrus Plancius, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Heinrich Schwabe, and Yrjö Väisälä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, John Louis Emil Dreyer ranks 26. Before him are Constantin Fehrenbach, Christian Krohg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, H. H. Asquith, Hipólito Yrigoyen, and Tewfik Pasha. After him are Paul Bourget, Pietro Gasparri, Julius Richard Petri, Calamity Jane, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Victor Adler. Among people deceased in 1926, John Louis Emil Dreyer ranks 28. Before him are Margherita of Savoy, John Browning, Viktor Vasnetsov, Karl Harrer, Constantin Fehrenbach, and William Bateson. After him are Mikao Usui, Ugyen Wangchuck, Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, Ellen Key, and Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, John Louis Emil Dreyer ranks 130 out of 1,032. Before him are Anna Ancher (1859), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Prince George of Denmark (1653), Harald Bohr (1887), and Sveinn Björnsson (1881). After him are Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), and Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, John Louis Emil Dreyer ranks 3. Before him are Ole Rømer (1644), and Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873). After him are Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Richard Martin West (1941), Holger Thiele (1878), Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), and Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).

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