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Oskar Backlund

1846 - 1916

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Johan Oskar Backlund (28 April 1846 – 29 August 1916) was a Swedish-Russian astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Jöns Oskar Backlund, however even contemporary Swedish sources give "Johan". In Russia, where he spent his entire career, he is known as Oskar Andreevich Baklund (Russian: Оскар Андреевич Баклунд). Russian sources sometimes give his dates of birth and death as 16 April 1846 and 16 August 1916, since Russia still used the Julian calendar at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Backlund is the 144th most popular astronomer (up from 177th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 290th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Oskar Backlund ranks 144 out of 644. Before him are Eric Walter Elst, Mary Somerville, Auguste Charlois, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, William Henry Pickering, and George Darwin. After him are Williamina Fleming, Antonio Abetti, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Wilhelm Beer, Hermann Carl Vogel, and Adelard of Bath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Oskar Backlund ranks 26. Before him are Tokugawa Iemochi, Karl von Bülow, G. Stanley Hall, Franz Mehring, Léon Bloy, and Gösta Mittag-Leffler. After him are Antonio Abetti, Mariam Baouardy, Naim Frashëri, Alexander von Kluck, Vasily Dokuchaev, and Count Kasimir Felix Badeni. Among people deceased in 1916, Oskar Backlund ranks 45. Before him are Jean Webster, Gérard Encausse, Hugo Münsterberg, Julius Fučík, Pierre Duhem, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. After him are Hans Richter, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Vasily Surikov, Thibaw Min, Torakusu Yamaha, and Antonio Sant'Elia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Oskar Backlund ranks 207 out of 1,879. Before him are Per Gessle (1959), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Joe Hill (1879), Michael Nyqvist (1960), and Carl Michael Bellman (1740). After him are Inge the Younger (1100), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Göran Persson (1949), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), and Björn Andrésen (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Oskar Backlund ranks 3. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546), and Anders Celsius (1701). After him are Bengt Strömgren (1908), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Carl Charlier (1862), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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