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Nils Christoffer Dunér

1839 - 1914

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Nils Christoffer Dunér (Billeberga, Malmöhus län 21 May 1839 – Stockholm 10 November 1914) was a Swedish astronomer. His parents were Nils Dunér and Petronella (née Schlyter). Dunér received his doctorate from Lund University in 1862, was observer at the observatory there from 1864 and Professor of Astronomy at Uppsala University from 1888. He was awarded the Prix Lalande in 1887 and the Rumford Medal in 1892. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Christoffer Dunér is the 332nd most popular astronomer (down from 319th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 520th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nils Christoffer Dunér ranks 332 out of 644. Before him are George Van Biesbroeck, Brian G. Marsden, Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, John Machin, and Allan Sandage. After him are Maria Clara Eimmart, Franz Kaiser, Beatrice Tinsley, James Challis, Julius Schiller, and Andronicus of Cyrrhus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Nils Christoffer Dunér ranks 56. Before him are Nagakura Shinpachi, Walter Pater, Pascual Cervera y Topete, Georges Rayet, Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and George Clement Perkins. After him are August W. Eichler, Gustave Trouvé, Carl Humann, Bernardino Caballero, Luigi Pelloux, and Jakob Hurt. Among people deceased in 1914, Nils Christoffer Dunér ranks 74. Before him are Constantine V of Constantinople, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Ellen Axson Wilson, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Charles Martin Hall, and Domenico Ferrata. After him are Mehmed Said Pasha, Adolf Martens, José Evaristo Uriburu, Pyotr Nesterov, Angelo Moriondo, and Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Christoffer Dunér ranks 502 out of 1,879. Before him are Karin Lindberg (1929), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Lars Gustafsson (1936), Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695), Roland Sandberg (1946), and Ivar Johansson (1903). After him are Lena Endre (1955), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Erik Almlöf (1891), Johan Richthoff (1898), Jan Eliasson (1940), and Emma Wiklund (1968).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Nils Christoffer Dunér ranks 7. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Oskar Backlund (1846), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Bertil Lindblad (1895), and Carl Charlier (1862). After him are Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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