1862 - 1940
Jacob Robert Emden (4 March 1862 – 8 October 1940) was a Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist. He is best known for his book, Gaskugeln: Anwendungen der mechanischen Wärmetheorie auf kosmologische und meteorologische probleme (Gas spheres: Applications of the mechanical heat theory to cosmological and meteorological problems), published in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Emden has received more than 26,695 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Emden is the 472nd most popular astronomer (down from 409th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 419th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Robert Emden ranks 472 out of 531. Before him are Carolyn Porco, Royal Harwood Frost, Edward S. Holden, DeLisle Stewart, Fyodor Bredikhin, and Bohdan Paczyński. After him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, Matvey Gusev, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Hans-Emil Schuster, Charles Augustus Young, and Kaoru Ikeya.
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 466
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 467
1846 - 1914
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 468
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 469
1831 - 1904
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 470
1940 - 2007
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 471
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 472
1891 - 1977
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 473
1826 - 1866
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 474
1854 - 1934
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 475
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 476
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 477
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 478
Among people born in 1862, Robert Emden ranks 129. Before him are Adolf Bartels, Wilhelm Weinberg, Semyon Nadson, Antoni Lange, Billy Hughes, and Andrew Fisher. After him are Gustav von Seyffertitz, Robert Reid, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Santeri Alkio, Hugo Erdmann, and Frank Weston Benson. Among people deceased in 1940, Robert Emden ranks 156. Before him are Hendrik Marsman, Bob Glendenning, Gabriele Possanner, Leopold Skulski, Johan Anker, and Agnes von Krusenstjerna. After him are Dimitar Stanchov, Wilfred Lucas, Ervin Mészáros, Wilhelm Anderson, Kalliroi Parren, and Ole Lilloe-Olsen.
1862 - 1945
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 123
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 124
1862 - 1887
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 125
1862 - 1929
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 126
1862 - 1952
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 127
1862 - 1928
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 128
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 129
1862 - 1943
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 130
1862 - 1929
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 131
1862 - 1935
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 132
1862 - 1930
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 133
1862 - 1910
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 134
1862 - 1951
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 135
1899 - 1940
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 150
1888 - 1940
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 151
1860 - 1940
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 152
1877 - 1940
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 153
1871 - 1940
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 154
1894 - 1940
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 155
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 156
1863 - 1940
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 157
1871 - 1940
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 158
1877 - 1940
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 159
1880 - 1940
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 160
1861 - 1940
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 161
1883 - 1940
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 162
Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Emden ranks 527 out of 876. Before him are Robert Alt (1927), Alain Geiger (1960), Renée Colliard (1933), Pascal Zuberbühler (1971), Heinz Schiller (1930), and Jo Vonlanthen (1942). After him are Florian Cajori (1859), Hans Pulver (1902), Loris Kessel (1950), Toni Branca (1916), Ernst Stueckelberg (1905), and Georges de Rham (1903).
1927 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 521
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 522
1933 - 2022
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 523
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 524
1930 - 2007
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 525
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 526
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 527
1859 - 1930
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 528
1902 - 1977
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 529
1950 - 2010
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 530
1916 - 1985
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 531
1905 - 1984
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 532
1903 - 1990
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 533
Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Robert Emden ranks 9. Before him are Rudolf Wolf (1816), Didier Queloz (1966), Paul Wild (1925), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), and Robert Julius Trumpler (1886).
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 4
1925 - 2014
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 5
1744 - 1807
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 6
1664 - 1753
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 7
1886 - 1956
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 8
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 9