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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

1813 - 1890

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Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer and professor at Hamilton College, New York, and a pioneer in the study and visual discovery of asteroids. His name is often given as C. H. F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters has received more than 38,431 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters is the 122nd most popular astronomer (down from 120th in 2019), the 1,543rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 122 out of 531Before him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jeremiah Horrocks, Adelard of Bath, Tom Gehrels, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and Ali Qushji. After him are Hermann Goldschmidt, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Maslama al-Majriti, Nikolai Chernykh, Johann Daniel Titius, and John Russell Hind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 18Before him are Franz Miklosich, Princess Josephine of Baden, Baron Alexander von Bach, Theophil Hansen, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Princess Marie of Orléans. After him are Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Juan Pablo Duarte, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, James Dwight Dana, and Frédéric Ozanam. Among people deceased in 1890, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 24Before him are Jyotirao Phule, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, Louis Le Prince, and Carl Bloch. After him are Christopher Latham Sholes, Vasile Alecsandri, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Ivan Mažuranić, and Camilo Castelo Branco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 1,543 out of 6,142Before him are Christoph Scheiner (1575), Conrad Celtes (1459), Carl Schuhmann (1869), Peter Minuit (1589), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709). After him are Eugen Fink (1905), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Max Pechstein (1881), and Hans Hartung (1904).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 24Before him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Arthur Auwers (1838), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), and Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591). After him are Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Tobias Mayer (1723), and Andreas Cellarius (1596).