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ASTRONOMER

Yrjö Väisälä

1891 - 1971

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Yrjö Väisälä (Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ] ; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate nickname of Wizard of Tuorla (Observatory/Optics laboratory), and a book with the same title in Finnish describes his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrjö Väisälä has received more than 49,312 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Yrjö Väisälä is the 189th most popular astronomer (up from 194th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Finland (up from 88th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 189 out of 531Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, Antonio de Ulloa, Lyudmila Chernykh, and Robert Grant Aitken. After him are Francis Baily, Bertil Lindblad, Jean Fernel, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, and Maximilian Hell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 89Before him are Alfred Meyer, Franz Alexander, Julius Raab, Walter Eucken, Hans Albers, and Hermann Scherchen. After him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Ronald Colman, Boris Iofan, Jose P. Laurel, Henry Tandey, and Maria Skobtsova. Among people deceased in 1971, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 77Before him are Viktor Patsayev, Philo Farnsworth, József Zakariás, Amet-khan Sultan, Mak Dizdar, and Dimitrios Loundras. After him are Paul Lévy, Ignazio Giunti, Princess Anna of Montenegro, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Edith Tolkien, and Bella Darvi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 85 out of 642Before him are Eero Aarnio (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), and Marco Hietala (1966). After him are Markku Alén (1951), Arvid Horn (1664), Pentti Linkola (1932), Renny Harlin (1959), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), and Aimo Cajander (1879).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Finland

Among astronomers born in Finland, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 1After him are Liisi Oterma (1915), Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), and Hugo Gyldén (1841).