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Karl Ludwig Hencke

1793 - 1866

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Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Ludwig Hencke has received more than 26,150 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Karl Ludwig Hencke is the 92nd most popular astronomer (up from 99th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Poland (up from 251st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 92 out of 644. Before him are Victor Ambartsumian, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Edward Emerson Barnard, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Girolamo Fracastoro, and Johann Palisa. After him are Petrus Apianus, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Johann Elert Bode, Wilhelm Tempel, and Cornelis Johannes van Houten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Victor of Aveyron, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Juan Manuel de Rosas, and Ján Kollár. After him are Josef Ressel, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Michel Chasles, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Constantine Kanaris, and James Dunlop. Among people deceased in 1866, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 5. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, George Everest, and Miguel I of Portugal. After him are Tokugawa Iemochi, William Whewell, Hermann Goldschmidt, Chief Seattle, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 237 out of 1,694. Before him are Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676). After him are Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Arnold Zweig (1887), Antoni Grabowski (1857), and Adolf Engler (1844).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Karl Ludwig Hencke ranks 5. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473), Robert Luther (1822), Johannes Hevelius (1611), and Albert Marth (1828). After him are Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).

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