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Wilhelm von Biela

1782 - 1856

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Baron Wilhelm von Biela (German: Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela; March 19, 1782 – February 18, 1856) was a German-Austrian military officer and amateur astronomer. Wilhelm von Biela was born in Roßla, Harz (Northern Germany). He was a descendant of a prominent Protestant noble family originally from what is now the Czech Republic, the family having been exiled to Saxony after its head, Friedrich von Biela, was executed in Prague in 1621 during the religious wars of the period. Biela was the last member of his branch of the family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm von Biela is the 135th most popular astronomer (up from 245th in 2019), the 1,335th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,876th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 135 out of 644. Before him are Didier Queloz, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Reinhard Genzel, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Victor Ambartsumian, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. After him are Liisi Oterma, Jean Chacornac, Eric Walter Elst, Mary Somerville, Auguste Charlois, and Carolyn S. Shoemaker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Paskevich, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Archduke John of Austria, William Miller, and Vicente Guerrero. After him are Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Eugène de Mazenod, Princess Marie of Baden, John C. Calhoun, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Julie Guicciardi. Among people deceased in 1856, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Théodore Chassériau, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, David d'Angers, and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 1,335 out of 7,253. Before him are Nena (1960), Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704), Wilhelm Busch (1832), Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), and Kurt Tucholsky (1890). After him are Sebastian Münster (1488), Arnold Janssen (1837), Walter Röhrl (1947), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Udo Dirkschneider (1952), and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 27. Before him are August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745). After 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).

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