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Robert Luther

1822 - 1900

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Karl Theodor Robert Luther (16 April 1822, Świdnica – 15 February 1900 Düsseldorf), normally published as Robert Luther, was a German astronomer. While working at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf, Germany, he searched for asteroids and discovered 24 of them between 1852 and 1890. Seven times Lalande Prize winner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Luther is the 111th most popular astronomer (down from 28th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 85th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Astronomer.

Robert Luther is most famous for being the first person to successfully clone a mammal, which was a sheep named Dolly.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Luther ranks 111 out of 644. Before him are David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, August Kopff, and Stephen Gray. After him are John Louis Emil Dreyer, Annie Jump Cannon, James Van Allen, Petrus Plancius, Maria Margaretha Kirch, and Heinrich Schwabe.

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Among people born in 1822, Robert Luther ranks 22. Before him are Sa'id of Egypt, Rosa Bonheur, Adelaide of Austria, Midhat Pasha, Joseph Bertrand, and Francis, Duke of Cádiz. After him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Red Cloud, and Juan, Count of Montizón. Among people deceased in 1900, Robert Luther ranks 17. Before him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Sherman, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Emil Škoda, Joseph Bertrand, and Nicolas Chauvin. After him are Osman Nuri Pasha, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Armand David, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Francis, Duke of Teck, and Mary Kingsley.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Robert Luther ranks 232 out of 1,694. Before him are Yisrael Kristal (1903), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), Henryk Górecki (1933), Przemysł II (1257), and Wanda Landowska (1879). After him are Ernst Toller (1893), Adolf Engler (1844), Udo Lattek (1935), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Bolesław Prus (1847), and Emil Ludwig (1881).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Robert Luther ranks 5. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), and Albert Marth (1828). After him are Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).

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