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Michael van Langren

1598 - 1675

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Michael van Langren (April 1598 – May 1675) was an astronomer and cartographer of the Low Countries. A Catholic, he chiefly found employment in service to the Spanish Monarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael van Langren is the 317th most popular astronomer (down from 298th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 541st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Michael van Langren ranks 317 out of 644. Before him are Hubert Reeves, Guido Bonatti, Michael H. Hart, Frank Elmore Ross, Hendrik van Gent, and Karl Christian Bruhns. After him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Milton L. Humason, Niccolò Zucchi, Georges Rayet, Oenopides, and Christoph Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Michael van Langren ranks 11. Before him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. After him are Daniele Crespi, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Chen Hongshou, and Georg Stiernhielm. Among people deceased in 1675, Michael van Langren ranks 17. Before him are Guru Tegh Bahadur, Leopoldo de' Medici, Allaert van Everdingen, Gilles de Roberval, Gaspard Dughet, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. After him are Feodosia Morozova, Jacques Marquette, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Andreas Hammerschmidt, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Domenico II Contarini.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Michael van Langren ranks 512 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Kes (1856), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Albert Eckhout (1610), Jan Gies (1905), Lodewijk van Heiden (1773), and Hendrik van Gent (1900). After him are Jo Bonfrère (1946), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Louis Beel (1902), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Floor Jansen (1981), and Victor Marijnen (1917).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Michael van Langren ranks 12. Before him are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), and Hendrik van Gent (1900). After him are Walter Lewin (1936), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Eise Eisinga (1744), and Kees de Jager (1921).

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