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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

1580 - 1637

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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry. His research included a determination of the difference in longitude of various locations in Europe, around the Mediterranean, and in North Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is the 134th most popular astronomer (down from 101st in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from France (down from 1,383rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Astronomer.

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is most famous for his work with astronomy. He was the first person to use a telescope in astronomy, and he was the first person to detect the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 134 out of 644. Before him are E. M. Antoniadi, Didier Queloz, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Reinhard Genzel, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and Victor Ambartsumian. After him are Wilhelm von Biela, Liisi Oterma, Jean Chacornac, Eric Walter Elst, Mary Somerville, and Auguste Charlois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 10. Before him are John Smith, Gabriel Bethlen, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Cristóvão Ferreira, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Augusta of Denmark, António de Andrade, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, and Andrea Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1637, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Ben Jonson, Lorenzo Ruiz, Christina of Lorraine, and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Robert Fludd, Isaac Beeckman, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Péter Pázmány, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, and Pierre Vernier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 1,409 out of 6,770. Before him are Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), Pierre Varignon (1654), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Dalmatius (350), and Jules Chéret (1836). After him are Patrick Depailler (1944), Charles Péguy (1873), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), Nathalie Baye (1948), Mistinguett (1875), and Rudolph III of Burgundy (971).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 8. Before him are Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Méchain (1744), Pierre Janssen (1824), and Jacques Cassini (1677). After him are Jean Chacornac (1823), Auguste Charlois (1864), Bernard Lyot (1897), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), and Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723).

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