1870 - 1964
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (25 March 1870 – 19 January 1964) was a German astronomer and a discoverer of 22 minor planets and 4 comets, who worked at AOP in Potsdam and at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg.He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 (Peltier–Schwassmann–Wachmann). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann has received more than 12,646 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann is the 211th most popular astronomer (down from 206th in 2019), the 2,552nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,400th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 211 out of 531. Before him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Guillaume Le Gentil, Edward L. G. Bowell, James W. Christy, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and Timocharis. After him are Seth Barnes Nicholson, Sergey Belyavsky, Martin Schwarzschild, Alexis Bouvard, Oskar Backlund, and Svetlana Gerasimenko.
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 205
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 207
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 208
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 209
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 210
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 211
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 212
1883 - 1953
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 213
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 214
1767 - 1843
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 215
1846 - 1916
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 216
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 217
Among people born in 1870, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 77. Before him are David Riazanov, Motobu Chōki, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Dadasaheb Phalke, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, and Ada Negri. After him are Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Peter Struve, Ignacio Zuloaga, John Paine, Osachi Hamaguchi, and Enric Prat de la Riba. Among people deceased in 1964, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 73. Before him are Julius Raab, Ben Hecht, Wanda Wasilewska, Rauf Orbay, Carl Van Vechten, and T. H. White. After him are Pierre Monteux, Otto Ciliax, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Firmin Lambot, Otto Schniewind, and Sofoklis Venizelos.
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 71
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 72
1870 - 1948
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 73
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 74
1870 - 1958
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 75
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 76
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 77
1870 - 1935
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 78
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 79
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 80
1870 - 1951
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 81
1870 - 1931
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 82
1870 - 1917
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 83
1891 - 1964
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 67
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 68
1905 - 1964
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 69
1881 - 1964
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 70
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 71
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 72
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 73
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 74
1891 - 1964
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 75
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 76
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 77
1887 - 1964
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 78
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 79
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 2,552 out of 6,142. Before him are Dieter Müller (1954), Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Friedrich von Schmidt (1825), and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869). After him are Hans Tilkowski (1935), Helmut Jahn (1940), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Gisela of Burgundy (950), and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772).
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,546
1502 - 1532
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,547
1890 - 1960
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,548
1505 - 1542
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,549
1825 - 1891
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,550
1869 - 1928
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,551
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,552
1935 - 2020
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 2,553
1940 - 2021
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 2,554
1601 - 1659
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,555
1794 - 1872
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,556
950 - 1006
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,557
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,558
Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann ranks 39. Before 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). After him are Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Freimut Börngen (1930), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), and Karl Christian Bruhns (1830).
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 33
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 34
1794 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 35
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 36
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 37
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 38
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 40
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 41
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 42
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 43
1676 - 1707
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 44
1830 - 1881
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 45