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Rudolf Wolf

1816 - 1893

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Johann Rudolf Wolf (7 July 1816 – 6 December 1893) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. Wolf was born in Fällanden, near Zurich. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Vienna, and Berlin. Encke was one of his teachers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Wolf is the 239th most popular astronomer (down from 217th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 247th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Rudolf Wolf ranks 239 out of 644. Before him are Johannes Fabricius, Robert T. A. Innes, César-François Cassini de Thury, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, Wilhelm Gliese, and Paul Wild. After him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Cleomedes, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Josep Comas i Solà, Alfred Fowler, and Benjamin Baillaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Rudolf Wolf ranks 20. Before him are 10th Dalai Lama, Jean Cabanis, William Gull, Gustav Freytag, Antoine Béchamp, and Antoine François Marmontel. After him are Jan Arnošt Smoler, Paul Féval, père, Giovanni Morelli, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Charlotte Cushman, and Paul Gervais. Among people deceased in 1893, Rudolf Wolf ranks 32. Before him are Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ford Madox Brown, Alexander Cunningham, George Tupou I, Jacob Moleschott, and John O. Westwood. After him are William Smith, P. G. T. Beauregard, Anna Bilińska, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Alexander Kazbegi, and Matsudaira Katamori.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Rudolf Wolf ranks 248 out of 1,015. Before him are Stan Wawrinka (1985), Ubol Ratana (1951), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Paul Wild (1925), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760). After him are Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Alfred Escher (1819), Heinrich Glarean (1488), and Carl Lutz (1895).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Rudolf Wolf ranks 5. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Didier Queloz (1966), and Paul Wild (1925). After him are Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Robert Emden (1862), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664).

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