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Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

1562 - 1647

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Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (also as Longberg or Severin) (4 October 1562 – 8 October 1647) was a Danish astronomer. The name Longomontanus was a Latinized form of the name of the village of Lomborg, Jutland, Denmark, where he was born. His father, a laborer called Søren, or Severin, died when Christen was eight years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christen Sørensen Longomontanus has received more than 26,022 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Christen Sørensen Longomontanus is the 292nd most popular astronomer (down from 252nd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 296th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ranks 292 out of 531Before him are Benjamin Baillaud, Raymond Smith Dugan, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Otto Lesser, Hermann von Struve, and Aleksander Wolszczan. After him are Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Wilhelm Gliese, Maurice Loewy, Allan Sandage, Louis Boyer, and Franz Kaiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ranks 16Before him are Ottavio Rinuccini, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Bento de Góis, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Isabella Andreini, and John Bull. After him are Adam van Noort, George Abbot, and Samuel Daniel. Among people deceased in 1647, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ranks 13Before him are Giovanni Lanfranco, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Zhu Yuyue, Masaniello, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Pietro Carrera. After him is Matthew Hopkins.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ranks 343 out of 893Before him are Jean Hersholt (1886), Kim Larsen (1945), Svend Asmussen (1916), Erik Eriksen (1902), Hans Wegner (1914), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524). After him are Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Cecil Bødker (1927), Simon Kjær (1989), and Benjamin Christensen (1879).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ranks 5Before him are Ole Rømer (1644), Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), and Peter Andreas Hansen (1795). After him are Richard Martin West (1941), Holger Thiele (1878), and Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).