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Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner

1834 - 1882

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Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (8 November 1834, Berlin – 25 April 1882, Leipzig) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner has received more than 50,469 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner is the 224th most popular astronomer (down from 205th in 2019), the 2,641st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,511th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 224 out of 644. Before him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, John Bevis, Sergey Belyavsky, Benjamin Baillaud, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are George William Hill, Antonín Mrkos, Cyril Jackson, Alexis Bouvard, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Nancy Roman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 36. Before him are Lev Ivanov, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Samuel Pierpont Langley, José Hernández, Hetty Green, and Ludovic Halévy. After him are Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Ewald Hering, Hugo Schiff, Kamehameha IV, and Piet Joubert. Among people deceased in 1882, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 40. Before him are Thomas Hill Green, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, John Nelson Darby, Georges Leclanché, and Berthold Auerbach. After him are Charles J. Guiteau, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, François-Auguste Biard, Auguste Barbier, and Ferdinand Reich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 2,641 out of 7,253. Before him are Oskar von Hutier (1857), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), and John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492). After him are Regina Jonas (1902), Doro (1964), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Otl Aicher (1922), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), and Helmut Gröttrup (1916).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 39. Before him are Andreas Cellarius (1596), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), and Johannes Fabricius (1587). After him are Wilhelm Beer (1797), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Freimut Börngen (1930), and Otto Lesser (1830).

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