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Wilhelm Gliese

1915 - 1993

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Wilhelm Gliese (German pronunciation: [ˈɡliːzə], English GLEE-zə; 21 June 1915 – 12 June 1993) was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Gliese has received more than 31,251 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Wilhelm Gliese is the 305th most popular astronomer (down from 294th in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Poland (down from 712th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 305 out of 644. Before him are Robert T. A. Innes, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, and Hermann von Struve. After him are Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Richard Christopher Carrington, Otto August Rosenberger, Franz Kaiser, Karl Christian Bruhns, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 130. Before him are Eddie Bracken, Albert O. Hirschman, Vítězslava Kaprálová, M. F. Husain, John Tukey, and Hans Christian Blech. After him are Zulfiya, Taheyya Kariokka, Norman Wisdom, Kurt Aland, Amedeo Biavati, and Karl Leisner. Among people deceased in 1993, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 135. Before him are Nicanor Zabaleta, Karl Mai, Thurgood Marshall, Friedrich Dickel, Hans Christian Blech, and Valentina Grizodubova. After him are Yuri Bezmenov, Mick Ronson, Mieczysław Horszowski, Max August Zorn, Bertus Aafjes, and Erich Leinsdorf.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 745 out of 1,694. Before him are Willibald Alexis (1798), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), Basia (1954), Marcin Bielski (1495), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), and Jan Olszewski (1930). After him are Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1879), Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), Juliusz Kossak (1824), and Willy Fritsch (1901).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Wilhelm Gliese ranks 9. Before him are Johannes Hevelius (1611), Albert Marth (1828), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), and Aleksander Wolszczan (1946). After him are Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Adalbert Krueger (1832), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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