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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

1580 - 1637

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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc has received more than 69,937 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is the 101st most popular astronomer (down from 96th in 2019), the 1,383rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,340th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Astronomer.

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is most famous for his work with astronomy. He was the first person to use a telescope in astronomy, and he was the first person to detect the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 101 out of 644. Before him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Johann Elert Bode, Wilhelm Tempel, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and Reinhard Genzel. After him are Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Adelard of Bath, Annie Jump Cannon, Angelo Secchi, Jean Picard, and Petrus Plancius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 9. Before him are Willebrord Snellius, John Smith, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Gabriel Bethlen. After him are Cristóvão Ferreira, Augusta of Denmark, Andrea Falconieri, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, and Pierre Vernier. Among people deceased in 1637, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Christina of Lorraine, Ben Jonson, and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Isaac Beeckman, Robert Fludd, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Péter Pázmány, and Pierre Vernier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 1,383 out of 6,770. Before him are Eva Green (1980), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Arbogast (340), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), Michel de Certeau (1925), and Louise Moillon (1610). After him are Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Mistinguett (1875), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Henri Dutilleux (1916), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 7. Before him are Charles Messier (1730), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Pierre Janssen (1824), Pierre Méchain (1744), and Jacques Cassini (1677). After him are Jean Picard (1620), Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Auguste Charlois (1864), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), and Guillaume Bigourdan (1851).

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