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Wilhelm Gliese

1915 - 1993

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Wilhelm Gliese (German pronunciation: [ˈɡliːzə], English GLEE-zə; 21 June 1915 – 12 June 1993) was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Gliese is the 237th most popular astronomer (up from 305th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Poland (up from 745th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 237 out of 644. Before him are Edward L. G. Bowell, Tamara Smirnova, Johannes Fabricius, Robert T. A. Innes, César-François Cassini de Thury, and Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio. After him are Paul Wild, Rudolf Wolf, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Cleomedes, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, and Josep Comas i Solà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 95. Before him are Horst Sindermann, Thomas Merton, William Masters, Arsenio Erico, Kon Ichikawa, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan. After him are Marais Viljoen, Evgeny Lifshitz, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Georgy Sviridov, André Frossard, and Alicia Rhett. Among people deceased in 1993, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 92. Before him are Christian Metz, Nina Berberova, József Antall, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Matthew Ridgway, and Héctor Lavoe. After him are Kenneth E. Boulding, Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, Felice Borel, Euronymous, and Godfrey Chitalu.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 513 out of 1,694. Before him are Krakus (null), Robert Kubica (1984), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Marek Grechuta (1945), Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1132), and Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896). After him are Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), Aaron Kosminski (1865), Stanisław Kania (1927), Maciej Stryjkowski (1547), Aleksander Orłowski (1777), and Franz Waxman (1906).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 9. Before him are Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Albert Marth (1828), Robert Luther (1822), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), and Adalbert Krueger (1832). After him are Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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