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Maarten Schmidt

1929 - 2022

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Maarten Schmidt (28 December 1929 – 17 September 2022) was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maarten Schmidt has received more than 88,508 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Maarten Schmidt is the 321st most popular astronomer (up from 338th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Maarten Schmidt ranks 321 out of 644. Before him are Lewis Boss, Louis Boyer, Georges Rayet, Sylvain Arend, Nils Christoffer Dunér, and Ercole Dembowski. After him are Herbert Hall Turner, Eise Eisinga, Fang Lizhi, David H. Levy, Félix Tisserand, and Christine Kirch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Maarten Schmidt ranks 260. Before him are Link Wray, Rutka Laskier, Slavko Avsenik, Hermann Prey, Ken McGregor, and Harry Frankfurt. After him are Barbara Walters, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Stanisław Mikulski, Rudi Glöckner, Vija Artmane, and John Turner. Among people deceased in 2022, Maarten Schmidt ranks 247. Before him are Freddy Rincón, Julio Jiménez, Bo Hopkins, Vittorio Adorni, Hilda Bernard, and Ian McDonald. After him are Barbara Walters, Estelle Harris, Bob Rafelson, Cristina Calderón, Loretta Lynn, and Petar Skansi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten Schmidt ranks 574 out of 1,646. Before him are Barry Hulshoff (1946), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Maruschka Detmers (1962), and Neelie Kroes (1941). After him are Eise Eisinga (1744), Jan de Vries (1944), Arie van Vliet (1916), Arie den Hartog (1941), Kees Kist (1952), and Jan Mostaert (1475).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Maarten Schmidt ranks 13. Before him are Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Walter Lewin (1936), and Michael van Langren (1598). After him are Eise Eisinga (1744), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), Bart Bok (1906), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Hendrik van Gent (1900), and Frederik Kaiser (1808).

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