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August Kopff

1882 - 1960

August Kopff

August Kopff (February 5, 1882 – April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids. Kopff studied and worked in Heidelberg, getting his PhD there in 1906 and he then joined the Humboldt University of Berlin where he became the Director of the Institute for Astronomical Calculation.He discovered some comets, including periodic comet 22P/Kopff and the non-periodic C/1906 E1. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Kopff has received more than 24,656 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. August Kopff is the 177th most popular astronomer (down from 148th in 2019), the 2,220th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,794th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, August Kopff ranks 177 out of 531. Before him are Auguste Charlois, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Gan De, Erasmus Reinhold, John Goodricke, and Dominique, comte de Cassini. After him are William Henry Pickering, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Margherita Hack, John Bevis, and Johann Hieronymus Schröter.

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August Kopff
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Rank: 177
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HPI: 54.66
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Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux
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HPI: 54.64
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HPI: 54.60
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Margherita Hack
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HPI: 54.55
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HPI: 54.54
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Johann Hieronymus Schröter
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HPI: 54.50
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, August Kopff ranks 100. Before him are Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Anna Schäffer, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Volin, Christian Mortensen, and Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Aurel Vlaicu, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Max Decugis, and Vilém Mathesius. Among people deceased in 1960, August Kopff ranks 64. Before him are John B. Kelly Sr., Georges Claude, Maurice de Broglie, Feroze Gandhi, Hans Wilsdorf, and Bruno Loerzer. After him are Józef Haller, Véra Clouzot, Nima Yooshij, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Hans Albers, and Mitrofan Nedelin.

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Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
1882 - 1935
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 94
Anna Schäffer
1882 - 1925
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 95
Infanta María Teresa of Spain
1882 - 1912
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 96
Volin
1882 - 1945
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 97
Christian Mortensen
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 98
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1882 - 1918
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 99
August Kopff
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 100
Aurel Vlaicu
1882 - 1913
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 101
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
1882 - 1966
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 102
Fiorello H. La Guardia
1882 - 1947
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 103
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
1882 - 1940
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 104
Max Decugis
1882 - 1978
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 105
Vilém Mathesius
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 106