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Paul Wild

1925 - 2014

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Paul Wild (German: [ˈvɪlt]; 5 October 1925 – 2 July 2014) was a Swiss astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern, who discovered numerous comets, asteroids and supernovae. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Wild has received more than 6,323 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Paul Wild is the 275th most popular astronomer (down from 250th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 286th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.3k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Wilds by language

Over the past year Paul Wild has had the most page views in the with 1,194 views, followed by German (1,107), and Polish (860). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (136.84%), Armenian (75.88%), and Luxembourgish (51.47%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paul Wild ranks 275 out of 644. Before him are Jean-Louis Pons, Theodor von Oppolzer, Philippe van Lansberge, Niccolò Zucchi, Freimut Börngen, and Luigi Carnera. After him are Kidinnu, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, Vladimir Albitsky, John Machin, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, and Halton Arp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Wild ranks 202. Before him are Jimmy Smith, Lenny Bruce, Andrei Sinyavsky, Scott Carpenter, Edward Gorey, and Michael Halliday. After him are Maureen Stapleton, Rubem Fonseca, Justo Gallego Martínez, Zhores Medvedev, Matías González, and Ilie Verdeț. Among people deceased in 2014, Paul Wild ranks 162. Before him are Peret, Jorge María Mejía, Juan Gelman, Anatoly Berezovoy, Abdelmajid Lakhal, and Azlan Shah of Perak. After him are Emmanuel III Delly, Käbi Laretei, Jaime Lusinchi, Stefanie Zweig, José Policarpo, and Michael Sata.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Wild ranks 318 out of 1,015. Before him are Edgar Schein (1928), Orgetorix (null), Cuno Amiet (1868), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), and Pierre Tirard (1827). After him are Jakob II Bernoulli (1759), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Pierre Musy (1910), Gustave Ador (1845), Salomon Gessner (1730), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Paul Wild ranks 4. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), and Rudolf Wolf (1816). After him are Didier Queloz (1966), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Robert Emden (1862).

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