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Erasmus Reinhold

1511 - 1553

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Erasmus Reinhold (22 October 1511 – 19 February 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony. He was educated, under Jacob Milich, at the University of Wittenberg, where he was first elected dean and later became rector. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasmus Reinhold has received more than 53,072 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Erasmus Reinhold is the 214th most popular astronomer (down from 174th in 2019), the 2,470th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,180th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 214 out of 644. Before him are Bertil Lindblad, James Ferguson, Milton L. Humason, Dominique, comte de Cassini, David Gill, and James Craig Watson. After him are Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Antonio de Ulloa, Rudolf Wolf, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and John Bevis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 7. Before him are Giorgio Vasari, Francisco de Orellana, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Ippolito de' Medici. After him are Juan Pizarro, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Francisco López de Gómara, Nicola Vicentino, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1553, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 16. Before him are Girolamo Fracastoro, Sinan Pasha, Lucrezia de' Medici, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, and Wolf Huber. After him are Francisco de Montejo, Lord Guildford Dudley, Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Francesco Donato, Mateo Flecha, and Augustin Hirschvogel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 2,470 out of 7,253. Before him are Volker Finke (1948), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), Dorothea Erxleben (1715), Adolf Meyer (1881), and Ernst-Günther Baade (1897). After him are Albert of Saxony (1316), Friedrich Pollock (1894), Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898), Max Richter (1966), Johann Liss (1597), and Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1694).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 35. Before him are August Kopff (1882), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Tobias Mayer (1723), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Andreas Cellarius (1596), and Martin Schwarzschild (1912). After him are Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Wilhelm Beer (1797), and Johannes Schöner (1477).

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