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Oskar Backlund

1846 - 1916

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Johan Oskar Backlund (28 April 1846 – 29 August 1916) was a Swedish-Russian astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Jöns Oskar Backlund, however even contemporary Swedish sources give "Johan". In Russia, where he spent his entire career, he is known as Oskar Andreevich Baklund (Russian: Оскар Андреевич Баклунд). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oskar Backlund has received more than 18,959 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Oskar Backlund is the 177th most popular astronomer (up from 216th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 348th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Oskar Backlund ranks 177 out of 644. Before him are J. Allen Hynek, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Tobias Mayer, Gan De, and Peter van de Kamp. After him are Maria Cunitz, Margaret Burbidge, Jacobus Kapteyn, Lyudmila Chernykh, Jean Chacornac, and Seleucus of Seleucia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Oskar Backlund ranks 37. Before him are Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Boutros Ghali, Paolo Tosti, Hermann Paul, Svetozar Marković, and Julius Maggi. After him are Riccardo Drigo, Jambyl Jabayev, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Vyacheslav von Plehve, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, and Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1916, Oskar Backlund ranks 65. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Oswald Boelcke, Thibaw Min, Alice Ball, Isa Boletini, and Marie Bracquemond. After him are Herbert Kilpin, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Saki, Huang Xing, and Ferdinand Fellner.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Oskar Backlund ranks 290 out of 1,879. Before him are Stig Dagerman (1923), Princess Eugénie of Sweden (1830), Magnus Stenbock (1664), John, Duke of Östergötland (1589), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), and Eva Dahlbeck (1920). After him are Olof Björnsson (950), Arvid Lindman (1862), Magdalena Andersson (1967), Mikkey Dee (1963), Alice Babs (1924), and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Oskar Backlund ranks 3. Before him are Anders Celsius (1701), and Tycho Brahe (1546). After him are Bertil Lindblad (1895), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Carl Charlier (1862), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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