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Ernst Öpik

1893 - 1985

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Ernst Julius Öpik (22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1893 – 10 September 1985) was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Öpik has received more than 76,840 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ernst Öpik is the 119th most popular astronomer (down from 107th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ernst Öpik ranks 119 out of 644. Before him are Mary Somerville, Edward Charles Pickering, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Walter Sydney Adams, Heinrich Schwabe, and Frank Drake. After him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Cleveland Abbe, Eric Walter Elst, Ali Qushji, Hermann Goldschmidt, and Maria Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ernst Öpik ranks 59. Before him are Vsevolod Pudovkin, Battista Farina, Erwin Piscator, Nicholas J. Spykman, Walter Christaller, and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. After him are Hans Scharoun, Raymond Loewy, Conrad Veidt, Dragiša Cvetković, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, and Bai Chongxi. Among people deceased in 1985, Ernst Öpik ranks 43. Before him are André Kertész, The Singing Nun, Tancredo Neves, Tage Erlander, Lina Heydrich, and Louise Brooks. After him are Tjalling Koopmans, Méret Oppenheim, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Kim Yong-sik, Kirill Moskalenko, and Frank Oppenheimer.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ernst Öpik ranks 25 out of 351. Before him are Kaja Kallas (1977), Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Siim Kallas (1948), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Evald Aav (1900), and Jakob von Uexküll (1864). After him are Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Jaan Kross (1920), Otto von Kotzebue (1787), Johan Laidoner (1884), and Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Estonia

Among astronomers born in Estonia, Ernst Öpik ranks 1. After him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819).

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