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Marcel Minnaert

1893 - 1970

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Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (12 February 1893 – 26 October 1970) was a Belgian-Dutch astronomer. He was born in Bruges and died in Utrecht. He is notable for his contributions to astronomy and physics and for a popular book on meteorological optics: Light and colour in the open air, first published in English in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Minnaert is the 422nd most popular astronomer (down from 395th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 587th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Marcel Minnaert ranks 422 out of 644. Before her are Zinaida Aksentyeva, Carlyle S. Beals, Stéphane Javelle, Odette Bancilhon, Herbert Friedman, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball. After her are Janet Akyüz Mattei, Jean Richer, Mary Adela Blagg, Christopher Hansteen, Catherine Cesarsky, and Robert Emden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Marcel Minnaert ranks 194. Before her are Haykanoush Danielyan, Donald Lippincott, Aleksandr Gauk, George Hodgson, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, and Ernst Grünfeld. After her are Norman Manley, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Marguerite Broquedis, Chang Taek-sang, I. A. Richards, and Joseph Alzin. Among people deceased in 1970, Marcel Minnaert ranks 177. Before her are Parashqevi Qiriazi, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Johnny Hodges, Alice Hamilton, Nathan Altman, and Anna Louise Strong. After her are Karel Pešek, Julius Pokorny, Shoichi Sakata, Paul Schmidt, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, and Arne Nyberg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Marcel Minnaert ranks 581 out of 1,190. Before her are Marie-Anne Libert (1782), François Van der Elst (1954), Frans Schollaert (1851), Jan Vertonghen (1987), Axel Witsel (1989), and Natacha Atlas (1964). After her are Jan Fabre (1958), Hendrik Isemborghs (1914), Marc Rich (1934), Camille Lemonnier (1844), Michel Pollentier (1951), and Levina Teerlinc (1510).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, Marcel Minnaert ranks 9. Before her are Petrus Plancius (1552), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), and George Van Biesbroeck (1880).

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