1825 - 1884
Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (25 October 1825 in Eutin, Germany – 7 February 1884 in Athens, Greece) was a German astronomer and geophysicist. He was the director of the National Observatory of Athens in Greece from 1858 to 1884. Julius Schmidt was tireless in his work, it was suggested by William Henry Pickering that he perhaps devoted more of his life than any other man to the study of the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt has received more than 22,709 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt is the 354th most popular astronomer (down from 317th in 2019), the 3,783rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,309th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 354 out of 531. Before him are Elia Millosevich, Hugo Gyldén, David Rittenhouse, Sandra Faber, Brian G. Marsden, and George Van Biesbroeck. After him are Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, and Hervé Faye.
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 348
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 349
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 350
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 351
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 352
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 353
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 354
1921 - 2021
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 355
1815 - 1889
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 356
1911 - 2001
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 357
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 358
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 359
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 360
Among people born in 1825, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 57. Before him are Jules Barbier, Bernardo Guimarães, Aníbal Pinto, Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, George Pickett, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Domingo Santa María, Francesco Faà di Bruno, Pashko Vasa, Emil Welti, Ferdinand von Mueller, and E. Marlitt. Among people deceased in 1884, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 48. Before him are Leopold Fitzinger, Auguste Franchomme, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Bernardo Guimarães, Aníbal Pinto, and Julius Friedrich Cohnheim. After him are Jean-Augustin Barral, Miroslav Tyrš, Emanuel Geibel, Buenaventura Báez, Heinrich Göppert, and Victor Massé.
1825 - 1901
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 51
1825 - 1884
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 52
1825 - 1884
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 53
1825 - 1913
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 54
1825 - 1875
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 55
1825 - 1901
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 56
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 57
1825 - 1889
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 58
1825 - 1888
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 59
1825 - 1892
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 60
1825 - 1899
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 61
1825 - 1896
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 62
1825 - 1887
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 63
1802 - 1884
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 42
1808 - 1884
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 43
1801 - 1884
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 44
1825 - 1884
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 45
1825 - 1884
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 46
1839 - 1884
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 47
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 48
1819 - 1884
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 49
1832 - 1884
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 50
1815 - 1884
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 51
1812 - 1884
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 52
1800 - 1884
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 53
1822 - 1884
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 54
Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 3,783 out of 6,142. Before him are Augustin Hirschvogel (1503), Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653), Otto von Emmich (1848), Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), and Nur Fettahoğlu (1980). After him are Uwe Bein (1960), Bel Kaufman (1911), Heinz Müller (1924), Maxi Herber (1920), Martha Mödl (1912), and Julius Rietz (1812).
1503 - 1553
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 3,777
1653 - 1707
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 3,778
1848 - 1915
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,779
1914 - 2005
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,780
1669 - 1705
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,781
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,782
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,783
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,784
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,785
1924 - 1975
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,786
1920 - 2006
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,787
1912 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,788
1812 - 1877
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 3,789
Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 54. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Christine Kirch (1697), Carl Gustav Witt (1866), Gustav Spörer (1822), Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), and Joseph Helffrich (1890). After him are Paul Götz (1883), Otto Heckmann (1901), Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806), Gottfried Kirch (1639), Ludwig Biermann (1907), and Lutz D. Schmadel (1942).
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 48
1697 - 1782
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 49
1866 - 1946
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 50
1822 - 1895
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 51
1835 - 1897
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 52
1890 - 1971
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 53
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 54
1883 - 1962
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 55
1901 - 1983
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 56
1806 - 1880
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 57
1639 - 1710
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 58
1907 - 1986
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 59
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 60