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Gustav Spörer

1822 - 1895

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Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (23 October 1822 – 7 July 1895) was a German astronomer. He is noted for his studies of sunspots and sunspot cycles. In this regard he is often mentioned together with Edward Maunder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Spörer has received more than 20,874 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Spörer is the 426th most popular astronomer (down from 336th in 2019), the 4,544th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,612th in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Gustav Spörer ranks 426 out of 644. Before her are Aristarkh Belopolsky, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Stéphane Javelle, William de Wiveleslie Abney, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball. After her are Adalbert Krueger, Joel Stebbins, Johann Gottfried Köhler, Fernand Courty, Milorad B. Protić, and Benjamin Jekhowsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Gustav Spörer ranks 68. Before her are Nikolay Ilminsky, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Janko Kráľ, and John Pope. After her are Adolph Strecker, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Hannibal Goodwin, Karamchand Gandhi, Menyhért Lónyay, and István Bittó. Among people deceased in 1895, Gustav Spörer ranks 73. Before her are Thomas Francis Wade, Friedrich Tietjen, Heinrich von Sybel, Knud Knudsen, George Newbold Lawrence, and Louise Otto-Peters. After her are Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Bertha Valerius, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Joseph Thomson, Giuseppe Prinzi, and Abu Bakar of Johor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Spörer ranks 4,544 out of 7,253. Before her are Leonard Nelson (1882), Natja Brunckhorst (1966), Saul Rubinek (1948), Carl Locher (1851), Harry Rosenbusch (1836), and Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853). After her are Adolph Strecker (1822), Heinrich Held (1868), Klaus Ludwig (1949), Leon Goretzka (1995), Michael Skibbe (1965), and Kurt Behrens (1884).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Gustav Spörer ranks 65. Before her are Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Richard Schorr (1867), Ludwig Biermann (1907), Otto Heckmann (1901), Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), and Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853). After her are Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Gottfried Kirch (1639), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806), Heinrich Kreutz (1854), and Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902).

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