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Hugo Gyldén

1841 - 1896

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Johan August Hugo Gyldén (May 29, 1841 in Helsinki – November 9, 1896 in Stockholm) was a Finland-Swedish astronomer primarily known for work in celestial mechanics. Gyldén was the son of Nils Abraham Gyldén, Professor of Classical philology at the University of Helsinki and baroness Beata Sofia Gyldén. He spent his student years at his father's university, graduating as a filosofie magister from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in 1860. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Gyldén has received more than 14,927 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Gyldén is the 349th most popular astronomer (down from 305th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Finland (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hugo Gyldén ranks 349 out of 531. Before him are Paul W. Merrill, Odette Bancilhon, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Joseph Helffrich, and Elia Millosevich. After him are David Rittenhouse, Sandra Faber, Brian G. Marsden, George Van Biesbroeck, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, and Kees de Jager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Hugo Gyldén ranks 70. Before him are Antonio Pacinotti, Benedict Menni, Laza Kostić, Andrejs Pumpurs, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and George Turner. After him are Savva Mamontov, John Murray, Adolfo Farsari, Gaudenzio Marconi, Alfred Cogniaux, and Giuseppe Pitrè. Among people deceased in 1896, Hugo Gyldén ranks 57. Before him are Jules Simon, Mathew Brady, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Charles Floquet, Félix Tisserand, and Aleksandr Stoletov. After him are Alexey Bogolyubov, Walthère Frère-Orban, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Carl Humann, and Jane Wilde.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Hugo Gyldén ranks 184 out of 642. Before him are Helena Westermarck (1857), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Paavo Aaltonen (1919), Aksel Airo (1898), Timo Mäkinen (1938), and Esko Aho (1954). After him are Aino Ackté (1876), Peter Franzén (1971), Lill Lindfors (1940), Martti Miettunen (1907), Stina Ekblad (1954), and Ahti Karjalainen (1923).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Finland

Among astronomers born in Finland, Hugo Gyldén ranks 4. Before him are Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Liisi Oterma (1915), and Heikki A. Alikoski (1912).

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