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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 6,371 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Paul Wild is the 250th most popular astronomer (down from 212th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Paul Wild ranks 250 out of 531. Before him are Nevil Maskelyne, Josep Comas i Solà, Fred Lawrence Whipple, William Cranch Bond, Seth Carlo Chandler, and Hubert Reeves. After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Oenopides, Giovanni Battista Donati, Alvan Graham Clark, Andrew Graham, and Niccolò Zucchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Wild ranks 194. Before him are Prosper Grech, Don Alden Adams, Zhores Medvedev, Nonna Mordyukova, Wojciech Has, and Nina Lobkovskaya. After him are Željko Čajkovski, Yuval Ne'eman, Roy Medvedev, Claude Pinoteau, Bauer, and Robert Mulligan. Among people deceased in 2014, Paul Wild ranks 150. Before him are James Rebhorn, Leslie Manigat, Anatoly Berezovoy, Shulamit Aloni, Charlie Haden, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. After him are Gerd Albrecht, Jorge María Mejía, Jean Béliveau, René Burri, Glen A. Larson, and Halet Çambel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Wild ranks 286 out of 876. Before him are Lisa Della Casa (1919), Edmond Privat (1889), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Marcel Bezençon (1907), and Aloïse Corbaz (1886). After him are Doris Leuthard (1963), Raoul Pictet (1846), Peter Bieri (1944), Jeanne Hersch (1910), Salomon Gessner (1730), and Daniel Schmid (1941).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Paul Wild ranks 5. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Rudolf Wolf (1816), and Didier Queloz (1966). After him are Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Robert Emden (1862).

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