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Liisi Oterma

1915 - 2001

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Liisi Oterma (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈliːsi ˈʔotermɑ]; 6 January 1915 – 4 April 2001) was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland. She studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Turku, and soon became Yrjö Väisälä's assistant and worked on the search for minor planets. She obtained her master's degree in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liisi Oterma has received more than 23,277 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Liisi Oterma is the 192nd most popular astronomer (up from 281st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Finland (up from 131st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Liisi Oterma ranks 192 out of 644. Before her are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Henri Debehogne, Edward L. G. Bowell, Andrew Graham, Robert Grant Aitken, and Yrjö Väisälä. After her are Eleanor F. Helin, Andreas Cellarius, Francis Baily, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Martin Schwarzschild, and Peter Andreas Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Liisi Oterma ranks 81. Before her are Kiyosi Itô, Thomas Merton, Arsenio Erico, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Alicia Rhett, and Kon Ichikawa. After her are C. W. Ceram, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Ibolya Csák, Lorne Greene, Jo Van Fleet, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. Among people deceased in 2001, Liisi Oterma ranks 79. Before her are Soad Hosny, Pierre Klossowski, Jaroslav Drobný, Hannelore Kohl, Bill Hewlett, and Marvin Harris. After her are Juan Bosch, Elazar Shach, Chet Atkins, Jason Miller, William P. Rogers, and Tamara Smirnova.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Liisi Oterma ranks 87 out of 751. Before her are Jarno Saarinen (1945), Edvard Westermarck (1862), Matthias Castrén (1813), Clas Thunberg (1893), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), and Yrjö Väisälä (1891). After her are Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), Aimo Cajander (1879), Minna Canth (1844), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), and Matti Järvinen (1909).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Finland

Among astronomers born in Finland, Liisi Oterma ranks 2. Before her are Yrjö Väisälä (1891). After her are Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), and Hugo Gyldén (1841).

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