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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 45,932 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner is the 205th most popular astronomer (up from 219th in 2019), the 2,514th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,545th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 205 out of 531Before him are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, James Dunlop, Johannes Fabricius, Rudolf Wolf, and William Wallace Campbell. After him are Guillaume Le Gentil, Edward L. G. Bowell, James W. Christy, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Timocharis, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 36Before him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Gustav Nachtigal, Heinrich von Treitschke, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, and William Chester Minor. After him are Ewald Hering, Kamehameha IV, José Hernández, Herman Snellen, Adrien Proust, and Ludovic Halévy. Among people deceased in 1882, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 41Before him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, Berthold Auerbach, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Jørgen Moe. After him are Georges Leclanché, Charles J. Guiteau, François-Auguste Biard, John William Draper, Đuro Daničić, and Charles Blanc.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 2,514 out of 6,142Before him are Michael Maestlin (1550), Hermann Priess (1901), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), and Christine of Saxony (1505). After him are Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Hermann Esser (1900), Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1649), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), and Karl Rapp (1882).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 37Before him are Wilhelm Beer (1797), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), August Kopff (1882), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), and Johannes Fabricius (1587). After him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), and Freimut Börngen (1930).