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Karl Ludwig Hencke

1793 - 1866

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Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is sometimes confused with Johann Franz Encke, another German astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ludwig Hencke is the 56th most popular astronomer (up from 92nd in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Poland (up from 237th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 56 out of 644Before him are John Michell, Jérôme Lalande, Adolphe Quetelet, Édouard Stephan, William Alfred Fowler, and Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. After him are Jan Oort, Abu Maʿshar, James Bradley, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Walter Baade, and Jamshīd al-Kāshī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 4Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Dost Mohammad Khan, and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. After him are George Green, Victor of Aveyron, Ján Kollár, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Nana Asmaʼu, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chasles, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira. Among people deceased in 1866, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 4Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Miguel I of Portugal, and George Everest. After him are Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Hermann Goldschmidt, Tokugawa Iemochi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 124 out of 1,694Before him are Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Pola Negri (1897), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), and Fred Zinnemann (1907). After him are Joseph Rotblat (1908), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 3Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473), and Johannes Hevelius (1611). After him are Albert Marth (1828), Robert Luther (1822), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).