1723 - 1762
Tobias Mayer (17 February 1723 – 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. He was born at Marbach, in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he earned a living by teaching mathematics while still a youth. He had already published two original geometrical works when, in 1746, he entered J. B. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tobias Mayer has received more than 59,222 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Mayer is the 158th most popular astronomer (down from 151st in 2019), the 1,959th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,842nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Tobias Mayer ranks 158 out of 531. Before him are Bernard Lyot, George Phillips Bond, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Jean Chacornac, Jacobus Kapteyn, and Jean Picard. After him are Vesto Slipher, Andreas Cellarius, N. R. Pogson, Henry Draper, Cleomedes, and Antonio Abetti.
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 152
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 153
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 154
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 155
1851 - 1922
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 156
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 157
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 158
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 159
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 160
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 161
1837 - 1882
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 162
110 - 1
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 163
1846 - 1928
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1723, Tobias Mayer ranks 13. Before him are Adam Ferguson, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Nicole-Reine Lepaute. After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Antoine Louis, Mir Taqi Mir, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and John Byron. Among people deceased in 1762, Tobias Mayer ranks 14. Before him are Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, and Jean Calas. After him are Stanisław Poniatowski, Dorothea Erxleben, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Francesco Loredan, and Francesco Manfredini.
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1723 - 1787
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 8
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 9
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 10
1723 - 1775
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 12
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 13
1723 - 1783
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 14
1723 - 1792
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 15
1723 - 1810
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 16
1723 - 1772
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 17
1723 - 1807
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 18
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 19
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 8
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 9
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 10
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 11
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 12
1698 - 1762
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 13
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 14
1676 - 1762
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 15
1715 - 1762
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 16
1700 - 1762
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 17
1674 - 1762
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 18
1685 - 1762
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 19
1684 - 1762
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 20
Among people born in Germany, Tobias Mayer ranks 1,959 out of 6,142. Before him are Christoph Graupner (1683), Ami Boué (1794), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), and Edmund Veesenmayer (1904). After him are Walter Heitz (1878), Prince Albert of Prussia (1837), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Christoph Probst (1919), and Friedrich Wieck (1785).
1683 - 1760
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 1,953
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 1,954
1835 - 1918
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 1,955
1630 - 1678
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 1,956
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 1,957
1904 - 1977
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 1,958
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 1,959
1878 - 1944
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 1,960
1837 - 1906
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,961
1694 - 1768
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,962
1860 - 1919
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,963
1919 - 1943
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,964
1785 - 1873
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,965
Among astronomers born in Germany, Tobias Mayer ranks 29. Before him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Johann Franz Encke (1791), and Hermann Carl Vogel (1841). After him are Andreas Cellarius (1596), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), August Kopff (1882), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), and Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794).
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 25
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 26
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 27
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 28
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 29
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 30
1797 - 1850
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 31
1511 - 1553
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 33
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 34
1794 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 35