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Fernand Courty

1862 - 1921

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Fernand Courty (11 June 1862 – 12 October 1921) was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He joined Bordeaux Observatory when it was founded in 1880 by Georges Rayet and worked as an assistant astronomer. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of two asteroids at Bordeaux in 1894. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernand Courty has received more than 7,769 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernand Courty is the 430th most popular astronomer, the 4,383rd most popular biography from France and the 44th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Fernand Courty ranks 430 out of 644. Before him are William de Wiveleslie Abney, Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Gustav Spörer, Adalbert Krueger, Joel Stebbins, and Johann Gottfried Köhler. After him are Milorad B. Protić, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Cuno Hoffmeister, George Van Biesbroeck, George Herbig, and William Frederick Denning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Fernand Courty ranks 129. Before him are Stanisław Narutowicz, Jules Renkin, Arthur De Greef, Eugen Schmidt, Henry Slocum, and Boris Borisovich Golitsyn. After him are Wilhelm Weinberg, Horatio Caro, Andrew Fisher, Billy Hughes, Cecilio Báez, and Anastasios Metaxas. Among people deceased in 1921, Fernand Courty ranks 104. Before him are Lev Chernyi, Ludwig Knorr, Yaa Asantewaa, Władysław Żeleński, Hans Huber, and Mustafa Subhi. After him are Oswald Schmiedeberg, C. I. Scofield, Jean Cau, Leo Königsberger, Rafael Reyes, and Jean Aicard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fernand Courty ranks 4,383 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Rivet (1876), Jacques Labillardière (1755), Raymond Abellio (1907), Lucien Clergue (1934), Sebastian Roché (1964), and Julie Dreyfus (1966). After him are Erwin Vandendaele (1945), Jean Vilar (1912), Louis Leterrier (1973), Robert of Torigni (1100), Pierre Tchernia (1928), and Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Fernand Courty ranks 44. Before him are Adrien Auzout (1622), André Patry (1902), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), and Stéphane Javelle (1864). After him are Odette Bancilhon (1908), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), Alfred Schmitt (1907), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Louise du Pierry (1746), and Pierre Puiseux (1855).

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