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Wilhelm Julius Foerster

1832 - 1921

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Wilhelm Julius Foerster (16 December 1832 – 18 January 1921) was a German astronomer. His name can also be written Förster, but is usually written "Foerster" even in most German sources where 'ö' is otherwise used in the text. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Julius Foerster is the 268th most popular astronomer (up from 335th in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from Poland (up from 797th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wilhelm Julius Foerster ranks 268 out of 644. Before him are Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Vladimir Albitsky, Hermann von Struve, Fyodor Bredikhin, and Zdeňka Vávrová. After him are Edward Walter Maunder, Aleksander Wolszczan, Cleostratus, Gottfried Kirch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, and Sandra Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Wilhelm Julius Foerster ranks 44. Before him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Pavel Tretyakov, Charles Lecocq, Đura Jakšić, Khurshidbanu Natavan, and Count Gustav Kálnoky. After him are Jules Vallès, Julius von Sachs, Lucien Quélet, Nikolai Zverev, Edwin Arnold, and Charilaos Trikoupis. Among people deceased in 1921, Wilhelm Julius Foerster ranks 61. Before him are Max Dvořák, Émile Combes, Adolf von Hildebrand, James Gibbons, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg. After him are Pauline von Metternich, Christina Nilsson, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Subramania Bharati, and Fyodor Sergeyev.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wilhelm Julius Foerster ranks 586 out of 1,694. Before him are Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Elisabeth Becker (1923), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Nahum Sokolow (1859), and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318). After him are Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Klaus Roth (1925), Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818), and Otto Freundlich (1878).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Wilhelm Julius Foerster ranks 10. Before him are Albert Marth (1828), Robert Luther (1822), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), and Wilhelm Gliese (1915). After him are Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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