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Otto Heckmann

1901 - 1983

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Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (June 23, 1901 – May 13, 1983) was a German mathematician and astronomer, director of the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after which he became the first director of the European Southern Observatory. He actively contributed to the creation of the third issue of the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Heckmann has received more than 18,333 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Otto Heckmann is the 408th most popular astronomer (down from 363rd in 2019), the 4,440th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,849th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Otto Heckmann ranks 408 out of 644. Before him are Harry Edwin Wood, Paul W. Merrill, Lyudmila Karachkina, Frank Elmore Ross, Ludwig Biermann, and Elizabeth Roemer. After him are Hugo Gyldén, Grigory Shajn, Harold Spencer Jones, Harold D. Babcock, Catherine Cesarsky, and William Rutter Dawes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Otto Heckmann ranks 233. Before him are Bebe Daniels, Joseph Wendel, Sid Atkinson, Ondino Viera, Gérard Blitz, and Norah Borges. After him are Aleksandrs Čaks, Sergey Obraztsov, Charles Stark Draper, Sam Spiegel, Hermann Josef Abs, and Mildred Davis. Among people deceased in 1983, Otto Heckmann ranks 167. Before him are Gyula Illyés, Marguerite Broquedis, Chabuca Granda, Gyula Lázár, Mordecai Kaplan, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia. After him are Jaime Lazcano, Alfonso Calzolari, Choi Chung-min, Fyodor Abramov, Earl Tupper, and James Jamerson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Heckmann ranks 4,440 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Markus Grosskopf (1965), Ilona Slupianek (1956), Boris Papandopulo (1906), Heinrich Gerber (1832), and Prince William of Baden (1792). After him are Kurt Beck (1949), Ernst Stromer (1871), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Georg von Kopp (1837), and Oliver Shanti (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Otto Heckmann ranks 62. Before him are Ernst Hartwig (1851), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Julius Schiller (1580), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Richard Schorr (1867), and Ludwig Biermann (1907). After him are Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Gustav Spörer (1822), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Gottfried Kirch (1639), and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825).

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