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Christian August Friedrich Peters

1806 - 1880

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Christian August Friedrich Peters (7 September 1806 – 8 May 1880) was a German astronomer. He was the father of astronomer Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian August Friedrich Peters has received more than 21,270 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Christian August Friedrich Peters is the 472nd most popular astronomer (down from 381st in 2019), the 4,870th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,968th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Astronomer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christian August Friedrich Peters ranks 472 out of 644. Before him are Mary Adela Blagg, Alexander Voeikov, Schelte J. Bus, Hiroshi Kaneda, Holger Thiele, and Royal Harwood Frost. After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Pelageya Shajn, Forest Ray Moulton, Heinrich Kreutz, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, and Audouin Dollfus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Christian August Friedrich Peters ranks 58. Before him are Gennaios Kolokotronis, Heinrich Laube, Jane Pierce, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Pascual Madoz, and Blanka Teleki. After him are Henry Kellett, William Fothergill Cooke, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Leonidas Polk, and John B. Floyd. Among people deceased in 1880, Christian August Friedrich Peters ranks 59. Before him are Martin Gropius, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Sabin Berthelot, and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. After him are Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Thomas Bell, José Ignacio de Márquez, Manuel Murillo Toro, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, and Manolache Costache Epureanu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian August Friedrich Peters ranks 4,870 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz von Unruh (1885), Corona Schröter (1751), Friedhelm Konietzka (1938), Wolfgang Paul (1940), Reinhard Lauck (1946), and Nick Menza (1964). After him are Heide Simonis (1943), Hermann Wilker (1874), Otto Winzer (1902), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), Halil Altıntop (1982), and Joy Fleming (1944).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Christian August Friedrich Peters ranks 69. Before him are Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Gustav Spörer (1822), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Gottfried Kirch (1639), and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825). After him are Heinrich Kreutz (1854), Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902), Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788), Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912), Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), and Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923).

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