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Pavel Shternberg

1865 - 1920

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Pavel Karlovich Shternberg (Russian: Павел Карлович Штернберг; April 2, [O.S. March 21] 1865 – February 1, 1920) was a Russian professor, academic, astronomer, and Bolshevik revolutionary of German descent. Shternberg contributed to the abolition of the Tsarist government by Alexander Kerensky during the February Revolution of 1917. He was an acquaintance of two notable revolutionaries, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Shternberg is the 545th most popular astronomer (up from 553rd in 2019), the 2,140th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,393rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Pavel Shternberg ranks 545 out of 644. Before him are John Stanley Plaskett, Ernest Esclangon, María Teresa Ruiz, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Lidiya Tseraskaya, and Vincenzo Cerulli. After him are John N. Bahcall, Louise du Pierry, Adelaide Ames, Adriaan van Maanen, Roy A. Tucker, and Charles W. Juels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Pavel Shternberg ranks 151. Before him are Paul Raud, Hermann Hirt, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Vladimir Bogoraz, Ferdinand Feyerick, and John Stanley Plaskett. After him are Wilhelm Wirtinger, Leónidas Plaza, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, John Monash, Arthur Symons, and Janez Evangelist Krek. Among people deceased in 1920, Pavel Shternberg ranks 125. Before him are Federigo Tozzi, Benigno Ferreira, Ferdinand Feyerick, Wilberforce Eaves, Pablo Arosemena, and Ludwig Ganghofer. After him are William C. Gorgas, Samuel Colman, Max Fürbringer, Daniel Kelly, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, and Walter W. Winans.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Shternberg ranks 2,140 out of 3,761. Before him are Nina Otkalenko (1928), Denis Cheryshev (1990), Fyodor Volkov (1729), Zyzz (1989), Sylvi Saimo (1914), and Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957). After him are Mikhail Gnessin (1883), Yuri Semin (1947), Mark Rakita (1938), Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900), Yury Osipov (1936), and Maria Andreyeva (1868).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Pavel Shternberg ranks 17. Before him are Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Pelageya Shajn (1894), Matvey Gusev (1826), Karl Ludwig Littrow (1811), and Lidiya Tseraskaya (1855). After him are Alexander Voeikov (1842).

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