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Tadeáš Hájek

1525 - 1600

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Tadeáš Hájek of Hájek (Czech: Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku, Czech pronunciation: [ˈtadeaːʃ ˈɦaːjɛk ˈzɦaːjku]; 1 December 1525 – 1 September 1600), also known by Latinized names Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek and Thaddeus Nemicus, was a naturalist and astronomer from Bohemia. He was a personal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II and an astronomer in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadeáš Hájek is the 379th most popular astronomer (down from 376th in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 536th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tadeáš Hájek ranks 379 out of 644Before him are David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, Robert Herman, Dirk Brouwer, Alenush Terian, and Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov. After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow, Tsutomu Seki, Peter van de Kamp, Brian Schmidt, David H. Levy, and Christian August Friedrich Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, Tadeáš Hájek ranks 12Before him are Hans Staden, Zhang Juzheng, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Germain Pilon, Patriarch Job of Moscow, and Juraj Drašković. After him are Caspar Peucer, and Abbakka Chowta. Among people deceased in 1600, Tadeáš Hájek ranks 22Before him are Lourenço Marques, Joris Hoefnagel, Balthasar Russow, Robert de Nola, Bâkî, and Claude Le Jeune. After him are Richard Hooker, and Basawan.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Tadeáš Hájek ranks 488 out of 1,200Before him are Eduard Čech (1893), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), František Vláčil (1924), Miroslav Ondříček (1934), and August von Pelzeln (1825). After him are Hana Mandlíková (1962), Jiří Wolker (1900), Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Vlastimil Bubník (1931), Vladimír Šmicer (1973), and Petr Korda (1968).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Tadeáš Hájek ranks 5Before him are Johann Palisa (1848), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), Antonín Mrkos (1918), and Luboš Kohoutek (1935). After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Jana Tichá (1965), Lenka Kotková (1973), Miloš Tichý (1966), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).