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Christoph Scheiner

1575 - 1650

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Christoph Scheiner SJ (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 June 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christoph Scheiner has received more than 126,310 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Christoph Scheiner is the 287th most popular physicist (up from 321st in 2019), the 1,129th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,537th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Christoph Scheiner ranks 287 out of 851. Before him are Osborne Reynolds, Victor Weisskopf, Walter Kohn, Anthony James Leggett, Steven Chu, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. After him are Ettore Majorana, Yuri Oganessian, Anna Mani, Friedrich Hund, Anne L'Huillier, and Nevill Francis Mott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1575, Christoph Scheiner ranks 6. Before him are Marie de' Medici, Guido Reni, Jakob Böhme, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, and Concino Concini. After him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Diego, Prince of Asturias, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Vittoria Aleotti, Antoine de Montchrestien, and Christina of Salm. Among people deceased in 1650, Christoph Scheiner ranks 5. Before him are René Descartes, Dorgon, William II, Prince of Orange, and Tukaram. After him are Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Cristóvão Ferreira, Catalina de Erauso, Hanzade Sultan, and Jean Rotrou.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 1,129 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Aumeier (1906), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Bruno the Great (925), and Severinus of Noricum (410). After him are Ernst Zermelo (1871), August von Kotzebue (1761), Wilhelm Groener (1867), Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), and Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 43. Before him are Georg Bednorz (1950), Rainer Weiss (1932), Max Delbrück (1906), August Kundt (1839), Carl von Linde (1842), and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912). After him are Friedrich Hund (1896), Pascual Jordan (1902), Jack Steinberger (1921), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Ernst Chladni (1756), and John B. Goodenough (1922).

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