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Tobias Mayer

1723 - 1762

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Tobias Mayer (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. He was born at Marbach, in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he earned a living by teaching mathematics while still a youth. He had already published two original geometrical works when, in 1746, he entered J. B. Homann's cartographic establishment at Nuremberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Mayer is the 188th most popular astronomer (down from 174th in 2019), the 1,875th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,073rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tobias Mayer ranks 188 out of 644. Before him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Gan De, Norman Lockyer, George Phillips Bond, and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. After him are Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, George William Hill, Johann Daniel Titius, Otto Struve, and Francis Preserved Leavenworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Tobias Mayer ranks 14. Before him are Jean-François Marmontel, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, and Nicole-Reine Lepaute. After him are Johann Bernhard Basedow, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Pehr Osbeck, and Mir Taqi Mir. Among people deceased in 1762, Tobias Mayer ranks 13. Before him are Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. After him are Jean Calas, Dorothea Erxleben, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Stanisław Poniatowski, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Teimuraz II of Kakheti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tobias Mayer ranks 1,875 out of 7,253. Before him are Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Leo Frobenius (1873), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Golo Mann (1909), and Louise Lehzen (1784). After him are William Dieterle (1893), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), and Eugen Fink (1905).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Tobias Mayer ranks 34. Before him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), and Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794). After him are Andreas Cellarius (1596), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), and Johannes Fabricius (1587).

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