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Johann Adam Schall von Bell

1591 - 1666

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Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1 May 1591 – 15 August 1666) was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Adam Schall von Bell has received more than 147,799 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Johann Adam Schall von Bell is the 94th most popular astronomer (up from 120th in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,502nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Astronomer.

Johann Adam Schall von Bell is most famous for his work as a spy and diplomat in the Ottoman Empire. He was born in 1620 and died in 1684. He was born in Bavaria and was a Jesuit priest. He served as a spy for the Holy Roman Empire. He was also instrumental in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Vasvár, which ended the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Adam Schall von Bell ranks 94 out of 644. Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Girolamo Fracastoro, Johann Palisa, Karl Ludwig Hencke, and Petrus Apianus. After him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Johann Elert Bode, Wilhelm Tempel, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and Reinhard Genzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Johann Adam Schall von Bell ranks 7. Before him are Mustafa I, Jusepe de Ribera, Girard Desargues, Guercino, Louise de Marillac, and Alexandre de Rhodes. After him are Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Valentin de Boulogne, Isabella of Savoy, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Andrew Bobola, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1666, Johann Adam Schall von Bell ranks 7. Before him are Anne of Austria, Frans Hals, Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, François Mansart, and Guercino. After him are Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Senhime, Luisa de Guzmán, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Song Yingxing.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Adam Schall von Bell ranks 1,138 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Groener (1867), Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Lucian Freud (1922), and Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732). After him are Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Uli Hoeneß (1952), and Friedrich Hund (1896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Adam Schall von Bell ranks 16. Before him are Johann Franz Encke (1791), Simon Marius (1573), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), David Fabricius (1564), and Petrus Apianus (1495). After him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), and Karl Ludwig Harding (1765).

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