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Simon Marius

1573 - 1625

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Simon Marius (latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Marius has received more than 179,597 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Simon Marius is the 62nd most popular astronomer (down from 42nd in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from Germany (down from 577th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Astronomer.

Simon Marius was a German astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Simon Marius ranks 62 out of 644. Before him are Max Wolf, Johann Bayer, Antony Hewish, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and Johann Franz Encke. After him are Asaph Hall, Pierre Méchain, Albert Marth, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, and Arthur B. McDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Simon Marius ranks 5. Before him are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, William Laud, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Gabrielle d'Estrées. After him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Inigo Jones, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Ukita Hideie, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Sebastiaen Vrancx, and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1625, Simon Marius ranks 7. Before him are James VI and I, Sofonisba Anguissola, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Johann Bayer, and Willem Schouten. After him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess Anna of Prussia, Giambattista Marino, Mōri Terumoto, Anna Vasa of Sweden, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Simon Marius ranks 755 out of 7,253. Before him are Christopher Clavius (1538), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), and Reinhard Gehlen (1902). After him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), Hugo Boss (1885), Fritz Perls (1893), and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Simon Marius ranks 11. Before him are Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Max Wolf (1863), Johann Bayer (1572), and Johann Franz Encke (1791). After him are Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), David Fabricius (1564), Petrus Apianus (1495), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892).

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