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Theodor von Oppolzer

1841 - 1886

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Theodor von Oppolzer (26 October 1841 – 26 December 1886) was an Austrian astronomer and mathematician of Bohemian origin. The son of the physician Johann Ritter von Oppolzer, Theodor was born in Prague. He completed his graduate studies in medicine at the University of Vienna, gaining a Ph.D. in 1865. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor von Oppolzer has received more than 15,502 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Theodor von Oppolzer is the 258th most popular astronomer (down from 242nd in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 328th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Theodor von Oppolzer ranks 258 out of 531. Before him are Oenopides, Giovanni Battista Donati, Alvan Graham Clark, Andrew Graham, Niccolò Zucchi, and George Mary Searle. After him are Klim Churyumov, Bengt Strömgren, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sylvain Arend, David Gill, and Franz Xaver von Zach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Theodor von Oppolzer ranks 55. Before him are Ernst Schröder, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Giovanni Sgambati, Luigi Luzzatti, Catulle Mendès, and Elfrida Andrée. After him are Philipp Spitta, Carl Robert Jakobson, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Federico Zandomeneghi, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, and Carl Tausig. Among people deceased in 1886, Theodor von Oppolzer ranks 29. Before him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Jules Jamin, José Hernández, Marco Minghetti, Eugène Isabey, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. After him are Adolf Lüderitz, Charles Lwanga, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Richard Dadd, Leopold Zunz, and Winfield Scott Hancock.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Theodor von Oppolzer ranks 364 out of 973. Before him are Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), Luděk Pachman (1924), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Josef Beran (1888), Josef Škvorecký (1924), and Saul Friedländer (1932). After him are Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Karel Poborský (1972), Josef Jungmann (1773), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Tomáš Halík (1948), and Viktor Dyk (1877).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Theodor von Oppolzer ranks 3. Before him are Johann Palisa (1848) and Antonín Mrkos (1918). After him are Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Jana Tichá (1965), Miloš Tichý (1966), Lenka Kotková (1973), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).

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