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Heinrich Schwabe

Heinrich Schwabe
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Samuel Heinrich Schwabe was a German amateur astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots. He observed sunspots and made drawings of them from 1825 to 1867 and suggested in 1838 that there may be a ten-year cycle of sunspot activity.

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  1. Jean-Victor PonceletJuly 1, 1788 – December 22, 1867
  2. William Henry SmythJanuary 21, 1788 – September 1865
  3. Augustin-Louis CauchyAugust 21, 1789 – May 23, 1857
  4. Georg Simon OhmMarch 16, 1789 – July 6, 1854
  5. Heinrich Schwabe (this page)October 25, 1789 – April 11, 1875
  6. William Cranch BondSeptember 9, 1789 – January 29, 1859

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