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Philippe van Lansberge

1561 - 1632

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Johan Philip Lansberge (25 August 1561 – 8 December 1632) was a Flemish Calvinist Minister, astronomer and Mathematician. His name is sometimes written Lansberg, and his first name is sometimes given as Philip or Johannes Philippus. He published under the Latin name Philippus Lansbergius. He is best known as the author of a set of astronomical tables, Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuæ, for predicting planetary positions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe van Lansberge is the 304th most popular astronomer (down from 271st in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 434th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Philippe van Lansberge ranks 304 out of 644. Before him are Thomas Romney Robinson, David Gill, Maarten Schmidt, Iosif Shklovsky, Christine Kirch, and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi. After him are Luigi Carnera, Charles Dillon Perrine, Guillaume Le Gentil, Agrippa, Benjamin Markarian, and Charles Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Philippe van Lansberge ranks 13. Before him are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Ii Naomasa, Thomas Fincke, Fukushima Masanori, and Adriaan van Roomen. After him are Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Mary Sidney, and Basilius Besler. Among people deceased in 1632, Philippe van Lansberge ranks 25. Before him are Jan Porcellis, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Abraham Janssens, Albert Girard, David Vinckboons, and Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. After him are Giovanni Battista Crespi, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, and Thomas Dekker.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe van Lansberge ranks 427 out of 1,190. Before him are Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), Dries Mertens (1987), Arthur De Greef (1862), Jean Stas (1813), Peter Benoit (1834), and Raoul Lambert (1944). After him are Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Lucas van Valckenborch (1535), Benoît Sokal (1954), Emile Claus (1849), and Raymond Braine (1907).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belgium

Among astronomers born in Belgium, Philippe van Lansberge ranks 7. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Petrus Plancius (1552), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), and Henri Debehogne (1928). After him are George Van Biesbroeck (1880), and Marcel Minnaert (1893).

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