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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 66,201 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is the 96th most popular astronomer, the 1,345th most popular biography from France (down from 1,305th in 2019) and the 6th 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 96 out of 531Before him are Angelo Secchi, Antony Hewish, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, David Fabricius, and Johann Elert Bode. After him are William Huggins, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Karl Ludwig Hencke, J. Allen Hynek, James Van Allen, and Mary Somerville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 9Before him are Gabriel Bethlen, John Smith, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Ernst von Mansfeld. After him are Andrea Falconieri, Augusta of Denmark, Pierre Vernier, António de Andrade, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and Daniël Heinsius. Among people deceased in 1637, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 6Before 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 Robert Fludd, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Isaac Beeckman, Pierre Vernier, Péter Pázmány, and Lorenzo Ruiz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 1,345 out of 6,011Before him are Georges Auric (1899), François Clouet (1510), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Lambert Wilson (1958), and Étienne-Louis Malus (1775). After him are Georges Bidault (1899), Ansegisel (602), Alain-Fournier (1886), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), and Alain de Benoist (1943).

Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ranks 6Before him are Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Pierre Méchain (1744), and Jacques Cassini (1677). After him are Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), and Bernard Lyot (1897).