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Martin Schwarzschild

1912 - 1997

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Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German-American astrophysicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Schwarzschild has received more than 120,792 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Martin Schwarzschild is the 214th most popular astronomer (up from 277th in 2019), the 2,594th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,014th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Astronomer.

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  • 53.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Martin Schwarzschild ranks 214 out of 531. Before him are James W. Christy, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Timocharis, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Seth Barnes Nicholson, and Sergey Belyavsky. After him are Alexis Bouvard, Oskar Backlund, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Alfred Fowler, César-François Cassini de Thury, and Heber Doust Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Martin Schwarzschild ranks 136. Before him are Kathleen Ferrier, Folco Lulli, Aymoré Moreira, Naoto Tajima, Kurt Sanderling, and Rihei Sano. After him are Kristina Söderbaum, Charles Addams, Béla Király, Kamala Sohonie, John Cheever, and Georges Franju. Among people deceased in 1997, Martin Schwarzschild ranks 108. Before him are Andrei Sinyavsky, Eugene Stoner, Shintaro Katsu, Peng Zhen, Jeff Buckley, and Edward Mulhare. After him are Adil Çarçani, Jacinto Quincoces, Jambyn Batmönkh, Harold Robbins, K. Shivaram Karanth, and Luigi Villoresi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Schwarzschild ranks 2,594 out of 6,142. Before him are Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Walther Gerlach (1889), Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Ewald Hering (1834), and Prince William of Baden (1829). After him are Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796), John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1383), Otto Ciliax (1891), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Albrecht Adam (1786), and Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Martin Schwarzschild ranks 40. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870). After him are Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Freimut Börngen (1930), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), and Otto Lesser (1830).

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