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Joseph Johann von Littrow

1781 - 1840

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Joseph Johann von Littrow (13 March 1781, Horšovský Týn (German: Bischofteinitz) – 30 November 1840, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer. In 1837, he was ennobled with the title Joseph Johann Edler von Littrow. He was the father of Karl Ludwig Edler von Littrow and the mentor of the mathematician Nikolai Brashman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Johann von Littrow has received more than 24,155 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Johann von Littrow is the 393rd most popular astronomer (down from 383rd in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joseph Johann von Littrow ranks 393 out of 644. Before him are Nathaniel Bliss, Janet Akyüz Mattei, George O. Abell, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Ernst Hartwig, and Albrecht Unsöld. After him are Hendrik van Gent, Marcel Minnaert, Julius Schiller, Friedrich Tietjen, Marguerite Laugier, and Vladimir Kotelnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Joseph Johann von Littrow ranks 37. Before him are Christian von Steven, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Johann Friedrich Meckel, José de Madrazo y Agudo, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Charlotte von Ahlefeld. After him are Henri Cassini, Andrés Narvarte, Joaquín Suárez, Alexander Vostokov, William John Burchell, and José María Calatrava y Peinado. Among people deceased in 1840, Joseph Johann von Littrow ranks 40. Before him are Carl Blechen, Sidney Smith, Franz Meyen, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Anthony Carlisle, and Karl Leberecht Immermann. After him are John Abbot, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, James Prinsep, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, John Adair, and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Joseph Johann von Littrow ranks 558 out of 1,200. Before him are Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858), Bohumil Kubišta (1884), Kurt Raab (1941), and František Škroup (1801). After him are Ivan Olbracht (1882), Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Erich Srbek (1908), Anton Heida (1878), and Jan Graubner (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Joseph Johann von Littrow ranks 6. Before him are Johann Palisa (1848), Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), and Tadeáš Hájek (1525). After him are Jana Tichá (1965), Lenka Kotková (1973), Miloš Tichý (1966), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).

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