1838 - 1915
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (12 September 1838 – 24 January 1915) was a German astronomer. Auwers was born in Göttingen to Gottfried Daniel Auwers and Emma Christiane Sophie (née Borkenstein).He attended the University of Göttingen and worked at the University of Königsberg. He specialized in astrometry, making very precise measurements of stellar positions and motions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Auwers has received more than 19,001 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Arthur Auwers is the 110th most popular astronomer (up from 132nd in 2019), the 1,425th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,563rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Arthur Auwers ranks 110 out of 531. Before him are Edward Charles Pickering, George Biddell Airy, Ernst Öpik, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and Heinrich Schwabe. After him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, E. M. Antoniadi, Édouard Stephan, Henry Norris Russell, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Jeremiah Horrocks.
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 104
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 105
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 106
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 107
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 108
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 109
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 110
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 111
1870 - 1944
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 112
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 113
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 114
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 115
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1838, Arthur Auwers ranks 25. Before him are Ōkuma Shigenobu, Camille Jordan, William Henry Perkin, Edward W. Morley, Anton Mauve, and 11th Dalai Lama. After him are Vladimir Markovnikov, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Marià Fortuny, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Among people deceased in 1915, Arthur Auwers ranks 20. Before him are Michel Bréal, Armand Peugeot, Sergei Taneyev, Émile Waldteufel, Edith Cavell, and Saitō Hajime. After him are Anna Leonowens, James Murray, Julius von Payer, Konstantin Makovsky, Anton von Werner, and Remy de Gourmont.
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 20
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 22
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 23
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 24
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 25
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 26
1838 - 1900
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 27
1838 - 1874
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 28
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 29
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 30
1838 - 1862
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 31
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 14
1849 - 1915
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 15
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 16
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 17
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 19
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 20
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 21
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 22
1841 - 1915
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23
1839 - 1915
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 24
1843 - 1915
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 25
1858 - 1915
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Arthur Auwers ranks 1,425 out of 6,142. Before him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Hans Vaihinger (1852), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654). After him are Hannah Höch (1889), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Jupp Derwall (1927), Oskar Gröning (1921), Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), and Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482).
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 1,419
1852 - 1933
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,420
1923 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,421
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,422
1618 - 1680
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 1,423
1654 - 1689
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 1,424
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1,425
1889 - 1978
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1,426
1794 - 1827
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1,427
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1,428
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,429
1890 - 1966
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,430
1482 - 1556
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,431
Among astronomers born in Germany, Arthur Auwers ranks 21. Before him are Petrus Apianus (1495), David Fabricius (1564), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Heinrich Schwabe (1789). After him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), and Johann Franz Encke (1791).
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 15
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 16
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 17
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 19
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 21
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 22
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 25
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 26
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 27