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Joseph Helffrich

1890 - 1971

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Joseph Helffrich (12 January 1890 in Mannheim, Baden – 1971) was a German astronomer. He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1913 at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory, near Heidelberg) at the University of Heidelberg [1]. At the time, the observatory at Heidelberg was a center for asteroid discovery under the direction of Max Wolf, and during his time there Helffrich discovered a number of asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Helffrich is the 449th most popular astronomer (down from 328th in 2019), the 4,395th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,740th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joseph Helffrich ranks 449 out of 644. Before her are Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Willem Jacob Luyten, Lipót Schulhof, Schelte J. Bus, Paul W. Merrill, and Vladimir Kotelnikov. After her are Holger Thiele, Fernand Courty, Hans-Emil Schuster, Ernst Hartwig, Mary Proctor, and William Robert Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Joseph Helffrich ranks 170. Before her are Naima Wifstrand, Mark Tobey, George Horine, Maurice Genevoix, Lily Kronberger, and Heinrich Zimmer. After her are Imre Zachár, José Piendibene, Vera Inber, Jeanne Eagels, Lev Chernyi, and Mykola Zerov. Among people deceased in 1971, Joseph Helffrich ranks 162. Before her are Rockwell Kent, Mary Browne, Philippe Hériat, Martha Vickers, Kim Iryeop, and Mario Magnozzi. After her are Wasfi Tal, Cyril of Bulgaria, Paruyr Sevak, Maguba Syrtlanova, Walther von Wartburg, and W. D. Ross.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Helffrich ranks 4,397 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Jakob (1908), Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein (1967), Georg Hermann Quincke (1834), Ludwig Berger (1892), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (1672), and Ernest Oppenheimer (1880). After her are Rita Kühne (1947), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Peter Gay (1923), Uschi Glas (1944), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), and Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (1503).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Joseph Helffrich ranks 67. Before her are Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923), and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825). After her are Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), Ernst Hartwig (1851), Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788), Richard Schorr (1867), Otto Heckmann (1901), and Lutz D. Schmadel (1942).

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