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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 48,835 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Erasmus Reinhold is the 174th most popular astronomer (down from 160th in 2019), the 2,182nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 174 out of 531Before him are Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Michael H. Hart, Auguste Charlois, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Gan De. After him are John Goodricke, Dominique, comte de Cassini, August Kopff, William Henry Pickering, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 6Before him are Giorgio Vasari, Francisco de Orellana, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Ippolito de' Medici. After him are Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Nicola Vicentino. Among people deceased in 1553, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 16Before him are Maurice, Elector of Saxony, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Sinan Pasha, Lucrezia de' Medici, Wolf Huber, and Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga. After him are Lord Guildford Dudley, Francisco de Montejo, Francesco Donato, Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Mateo Flecha, and Augustin Hirschvogel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 2,182 out of 6,142Before him are Friedrich Rückert (1788), Paul Landers (1964), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), and Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717). After him are Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Hermann Breith (1892), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), and Kai Hansen (1963).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 32Before him are Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Tobias Mayer (1723), Andreas Cellarius (1596), and Wilhelm Beer (1797). After him are August Kopff (1882), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), and Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780).