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Christopher Hansteen

1784 - 1873

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Christopher Hansteen (26 September 1784 – 11 April 1873) was a Norwegian geophysicist, astronomer and physicist, best known for his mapping of Earth's magnetic field. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Hansteen has received more than 29,854 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Christopher Hansteen is the 356th most popular astronomer (down from 299th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Norway (down from 198th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christopher Hansteen ranks 356 out of 644. Before him are Herbert Friedman, Hervé Faye, Bart Bok, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Viktor Knorre, and Heikki A. Alikoski. After him are Georg Marcgrave, Beatrice Tinsley, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Giorgio Abetti, and Heber Doust Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Christopher Hansteen ranks 41. Before him are Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, Bagyidaw, Archduke Louis of Austria, Louise Lehzen, and Leopoldo Nobili. After him are Joseph Bové, Charles Dupin, José Tadeo Monagas, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, José María Pérez de Urdininea, and Juan Mora Fernández. Among people deceased in 1873, Christopher Hansteen ranks 54. Before him are Spyridon Trikoupis, Gheorghe Bibescu, Francis Marrash, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, and Mykhailo Maksymovych. After him are Charles Dupin, Eugène Flachat, Salmon P. Chase, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Stanislas Julien, and Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Christopher Hansteen ranks 248 out of 1,039. Before him are Martinus Rørbye (1803), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Knut Nystedt (1915), and Knut Haugland (1917). After him are Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and Marit Bjørgen (1980).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Norway

Among astronomers born in Norway, Christopher Hansteen ranks 1. 

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