Astronomer

Wilhelm Schickard

1592 - 1635

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His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Wilhelm Schickard is the 45th most popular astronomer (down from 32nd in 2024), the 517th most popular biography from Germany (down from 477th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Astronomer.

Wilhelm Schickard was a German mathematician and inventor. He is most famous for inventing the first mechanical calculator, which he called the Arithmometer.

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Among Astronomers

Among astronomers, Wilhelm Schickard ranks 45 out of 644. Before him are Vesto Slipher, Johannes Hevelius, Asaph Hall, Johann Bayer, Clyde Tombaugh, and Martin Ryle. After him are Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Michel Mayor, Arthur Eddington, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Michell, and Jérôme Lalande.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Wilhelm Schickard ranks 5. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Hong Taiji, Shah Jahan, and Pierre Gassendi. After him are Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Catalina de Erauso. Among people deceased in 1635, Wilhelm Schickard ranks 3. Before him are Lope de Vega, and Samuel de Champlain. After him are Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Joos de Momper, and Fakhr al-Din II.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Schickard ranks 517 out of NaN. Before him are Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans Luther (1879), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Jost Gippert (1956), Jean Paul (1763), and Robert Ley (1890). After him are Hans Geiger (1882), F. W. Murnau (1888), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793).

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Among Astronomers In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Wilhelm Schickard ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), William Herschel (1738), Caroline Herschel (1750), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), and Johann Bayer (1572). After him are Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Max Wolf (1863), Simon Marius (1573), and Wilhelm Tempel (1821).

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