1782 - 1856
Baron Wilhelm von Biela (German: Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela; March 19, 1782 – February 18, 1856) was a German-Austrian military officer and amateur astronomer. Wilhelm von Biela was born in Roßla, Harz (Northern Germany). He was a descendant of a prominent Protestant noble family originally from what is now the Czech Republic, the family having been exiled to Saxony after its head, Friedrich von Biela, was executed in Prague in 1621 during the religious wars of the period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm von Biela has received more than 14,859 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wilhelm von Biela is the 240th most popular astronomer (down from 196th in 2019), the 2,903rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,323rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 240 out of 531. Before him are Adriaan Blaauw, Rudolph Minkowski, Didier Queloz, Halton Arp, James Edward Keeler, and Johannes Schöner. After him are Iosif Shklovsky, Cleostratus, Freimut Börngen, Nevil Maskelyne, Josep Comas i Solà, and Fred Lawrence Whipple.
1914 - 2010
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 234
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 236
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 237
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 238
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 239
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 240
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 241
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 242
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 243
1732 - 1811
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 244
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 245
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 246
Among people born in 1782, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 27. Before him are Pierre Berthier, Robert Morrison, Princess Marie of Baden, Eugène de Mazenod, Esaias Tegnér, and Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow. After him are Alexander von Benckendorff, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Orest Kiprensky, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Pōmare II, and Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer. Among people deceased in 1856, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 31. Before him are Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, William Buckland, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Karel Havlíček Borovský, and Jacques Philippe Marie Binet. After him are Emil Aarestrup, Vicente López y Planes, Henry Pottinger, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Agostino Bassi, and Lev Perovski.
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 21
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 22
1782 - 1808
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 23
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 24
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 25
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 26
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 27
1782 - 1844
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 28
1782 - 1859
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 29
1782 - 1836
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 30
1782 - 1867
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 31
1782 - 1821
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 32
1782 - 1854
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 33
1804 - 1856
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 25
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 26
1789 - 1856
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 27
1806 - 1856
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 28
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 29
1786 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 30
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 31
1800 - 1856
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 32
1785 - 1856
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 33
1789 - 1856
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 34
1783 - 1856
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 35
1773 - 1856
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 36
1792 - 1856
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 37
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 2,903 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Lina Radke (1903), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700), Werner Egk (1901), and Sonja Ziemann (1926). After him are Johann Ernst Glück (1652), Anne Buydens (1919), Werner March (1894), Ernst May (1886), Adolf Erman (1854), and Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658).
1619 - 1684
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,897
1903 - 1983
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,898
1540 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,899
1700 - 1771
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,900
1901 - 1983
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 2,901
1926 - 2020
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 2,902
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 2,903
1652 - 1705
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 2,904
1919 - 2021
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,905
1894 - 1976
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,906
1886 - 1970
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,907
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 2,908
1658 - 1678
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 2,909
Among astronomers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Biela ranks 42. Before him are Johannes Fabricius (1587), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), and Johannes Schöner (1477). After him are Freimut Börngen (1930), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Otto Lesser (1830), Franz Kaiser (1891), and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765).
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 36
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 37
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 38
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 40
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 41
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 42
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 43
1676 - 1707
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 44
1830 - 1881
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 45
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 46
1891 - 1962
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 47
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 48