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Hugo von Seeliger

1849 - 1924

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Hugo von Seeliger (23 September 1849 – 2 December 1924), also known as Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger, was a German astronomer, often considered the most important astronomer of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo von Seeliger has received more than 28,466 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hugo von Seeliger is the 343rd most popular astronomer (up from 399th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Poland (up from 895th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 343 out of 644. Before him are Didier Queloz, Benjamin Markarian, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Daniel Kirkwood, Adriaan van Maanen, and Edward Sabine. After him are Charles Dillon Perrine, James W. Christy, Frank Muller, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Takeshi Urata, and Eugene Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 72. Before him are Ferdinand Brunetière, Emma Lazarus, Giovanni Passannante, Carl Fredrik Hill, Józef Chełmoński, and William Knox D'Arcy. After him are Oscar Hertwig, Christian Rohlfs, Jacob Riis, Pedro Montt, Richard Lydekker, and Prosper-René Blondlot. Among people deceased in 1924, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 89. Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Eugène Simon, Arnold Pick, Eva May, and Georg Hermann Quincke. After him are Paul Cambon, Masujiro Nishida, Alois Riehl, Anna Palm de Rosa, Thomas H. Ince, and Viktor Nogin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 804 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanisław Staszic (1755), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Johann Dzierzon (1811), Ida Siekmann (1902), Joanna Pacuła (1957), and Marek Belka (1952). After him are Boris Kaufman (1906), Max Gerson (1881), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), Andrzej Bartkowiak (1950), and Nikifor (1895).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Hugo von Seeliger ranks 12. Before him are Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832). After him are Adalbert Krueger (1832), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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