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Georges Rayet

1839 - 1906

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Georges-Antoine-Pons Rayet (12 December 1839 – 14 June 1906) was a French astronomer. He was born in Bordeaux, France. He began working at the Paris Observatory in 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Rayet has received more than 25,634 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Georges Rayet is the 335th most popular astronomer (up from 357th in 2019), the 3,628th most popular biography from France (down from 3,520th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Georges Rayet ranks 335 out of 531. Before him are Philippe van Lansberge, Jing Fang, Cyril Jackson, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Holger Thiele, and Vladimir Albitsky. After him are Gustav Spörer, Viktor Knorre, Maarten Schmidt, Félix Tisserand, Luboš Kohoutek, and Eugene Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Georges Rayet ranks 59. Before him are Luigi Capuana, Harry Seeley, Otto Finsch, Caterina Volpicelli, Friedrich Gernsheim, and Calixto García. After him are Gustave Trouvé, Aleksandr Stoletov, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Ludwig Anzengruber, and Luigi Pelloux. Among people deceased in 1906, Georges Rayet ranks 48. Before him are Carl Schurz, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Jean Cabanis, Johann Dzierzon, Stevan Sremac, and Spencer Gore. After him are Ferdinand Brunetière, Martin Wegelius, Johann Most, Manuel Quintana, Slava Raškaj, and Fritz Schaudinn.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Rayet ranks 3,628 out of 6,011. Before him are Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), Pierre Marie (1853), Christian Herter (1895), Rémi Brague (1947), Auguste de Montferrand (1786), and Hilary of Arles (401). After him are Alain Bashung (1947), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Gustave Trouvé (1839), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1443), and Jean Mermoz (1901).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Georges Rayet ranks 37. Before him are Louis Boyer (1901), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918), Adrien Auzout (1622), André Patry (1902), and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718). After him are Félix Tisserand (1845), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Hervé Faye (1814), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Alfred Schmitt (1907), and Stéphane Javelle (1864).

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