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Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt

1825 - 1884

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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

Among astronomers, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 354 out of 531Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 57Before 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 48Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 3,783 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt ranks 54Before 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).