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Holger Thiele

1878 - 1946

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Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets. He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the main-belt asteroid 1586 Thiele is named. Holger Thiele is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 4 numbered asteroids during 1914–1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Holger Thiele has received more than 16,555 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Holger Thiele is the 333rd most popular astronomer (up from 353rd in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 381st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Holger Thiele ranks 333 out of 531. Before him are Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Frank Muller, Philippe van Lansberge, Jing Fang, Cyril Jackson, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. After him are Vladimir Albitsky, Georges Rayet, Gustav Spörer, Viktor Knorre, Maarten Schmidt, and Félix Tisserand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Holger Thiele ranks 136. Before him are Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Chen Qimei, Maxie Long, Sergio Osmeña, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, and Konstantinos Paspatis. After him are Gyula Krúdy, Ladislav Klíma, Peyo Yavorov, Leonhard Kaupisch, René Maire, and Richard Sheldon. Among people deceased in 1946, Holger Thiele ranks 137. Before him are Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Georg Åberg, Safiya Zaghloul, Raimu, Amir Hamzah, and Carl Gustav Witt. After him are Shirase Nobu, Júlio Prestes, Juan Bautista Sacasa, Arthur Dove, Charles Despiau, and Carl Theodor Zahle.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Holger Thiele ranks 373 out of 893. Before him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Lis Hartel (1921), Viggo Kampmann (1910), Henry Hansen (1902), Emil Hartmann (1836), and Gitte Hænning (1946). After him are Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Thure Lindhardt (1974), Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), and Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, Holger Thiele ranks 7. Before him are Ole Rømer (1644), Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), and Richard Martin West (1941). After him are Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).

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