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Karl Ludwig Littrow

1811 - 1877

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Karl Ludwig Edler von Littrow (18 July 1811 – 16 November 1877) was an Austrian astronomer. Born in Kazan, Russian Empire, he was the son of astronomer Joseph Johann Littrow. He studied mathematics and astronomy at the universities of Vienna and Berlin, receiving his doctorate at the University of Krakow in 1832. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Ludwig Littrow has received more than 1,002 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ludwig Littrow is the 484th most popular astronomer, the 2,043rd most popular biography from Russia and the 14th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Karl Ludwig Littrow ranks 484 out of 644. Before him are Audouin Dollfus, Carl A. Wirtanen, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Hiroki Kosai, Barnaba Oriani, and William Henry Smyth. After him are Louise du Pierry, Lipót Schulhof, Robert Julius Trumpler, Fernand Rigaux, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, and Patrick Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Karl Ludwig Littrow ranks 66. Before him are Judah P. Benjamin, Victor Duruy, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, James Hall, Henry Liddell, and Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona. After him are Juan Bautista Ceballos, Diomidis Kyriakos, William Henry Harvey, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Charles Sumner, and Hugh Edwin Strickland. Among people deceased in 1877, Karl Ludwig Littrow ranks 64. Before him are Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Karel Sabina, Edward Belcher, Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, Henry Monnier, and Anthimus VI of Constantinople. After him are Facundo Machaín, Filippo Parlatore, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Caroline Norton, and Toru Dutt.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karl Ludwig Littrow ranks 2,043 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Glagoleva (1956), Dinara Safina (1986), Pavel Kolchin (1930), Marina Ratner (1938), Oleg Romantsev (1954), and Yury Borisov (1956). After him are José García (null), Andrei Kolkoutine (1957), Zhanna Yorkina (1939), Afanasy Beloborodov (1903), Dmitry Nazarov (1957), and Vladimir Voevodsky (1966).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Karl Ludwig Littrow ranks 14. Before him are Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), Alexander Voeikov (1842), and Pelageya Shajn (1894). After him are Matvey Gusev (1826), Vera Gaze (1899), Pavel Shternberg (1865), and Lidiya Tseraskaya (1855).

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