1813 - 1890
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, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 122 out of 531. Before 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.
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 116
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 117
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 118
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 119
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 120
1403 - 1474
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 121
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 122
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 123
1800 - 1867
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 124
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 125
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 126
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 127
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 128
Among people born in 1813, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 18. Before 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 24. Before 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.
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 12
1813 - 1900
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 13
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 14
1813 - 1891
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 15
1813 - 1863
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 16
1813 - 1839
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 17
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 18
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 19
1813 - 1876
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 20
1813 - 1891
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 21
1813 - 1862
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 22
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 23
1813 - 1853
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 24
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 18
1864 - 1890
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 19
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 20
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 21
1841 - 1890
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 22
1834 - 1890
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 25
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 26
1852 - 1890
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 27
1808 - 1890
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 28
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 29
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 30
Among people born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 1,543 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,537
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,538
1869 - 1946
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,539
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,540
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,541
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,542
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,543
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,544
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,545
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,546
1863 - 1938
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,547
1881 - 1955
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,548
1904 - 1989
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,549
Among astronomers born in Germany, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters ranks 24. Before 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).
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 19
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 21
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 22
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 25
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 26
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 27
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 28
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 29
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 30