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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 40,874 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters is the 102nd most popular astronomer (up from 122nd in 2019), the 1,223rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,543rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 102 out of 644. Before him are Johann Elert Bode, Wilhelm Tempel, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Reinhard Genzel, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. After him are Adelard of Bath, Annie Jump Cannon, Angelo Secchi, Jean Picard, Petrus Plancius, and James Van Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 16. Before him are Charles-Valentin Alkan, John Snow, Franz Miklosich, Camilla Collett, Baron Alexander von Bach, and Theophil Hansen. After him are Princess Marie of Orléans, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Princess Josephine of Baden, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Juan Pablo Duarte, and James Dwight Dana. Among people deceased in 1890, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 22. Before him are John Henry Newman, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier. After him are Jyotirao Phule, Carl Bloch, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, and Alexander Georg von Bunge.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 1,223 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Gerstein (1905), Klaus Schulze (1947), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Conrad Schumann (1942), Günther Korten (1898), and Wilhelm Weitling (1808). After him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Erika Mann (1905), Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Leo von Klenze (1784), Carl Schuhmann (1869), and Georg von Hertling (1843).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 21. Before him are Petrus Apianus (1495), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Reinhard Genzel (1952). After him are Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Arthur Auwers (1838), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), and Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670).

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