1719 - 1800
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (27 September 1719 – 20 June 1800) was a German mathematician and epigrammatist. He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Gotthelf Kästner has received more than 58,799 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Abraham Gotthelf Kästner is the 521st most popular mathematician (down from 449th in 2019), the 3,318th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,749th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 521 out of 823. Before him are Campanus of Novara, Martin Ohm, Egon Pearson, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, and Abraham Robinson. After him are Terence Tao, Gerd Faltings, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Carl Adam Petri, Ulisse Dini, and René de Saussure.
1210 - 1296
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 515
1792 - 1872
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 516
1895 - 1980
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 517
835 - 912
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 518
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 519
1918 - 1974
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 520
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 521
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 522
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 523
1728 - 1825
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 524
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 525
1845 - 1918
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 526
1868 - 1943
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 527
Among people born in 1719, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 12. Before him are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda. After him are Pierre Poivre, Christian Mayer, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Thomas Gage, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani. Among people deceased in 1800, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 23. Before him are Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, and William Cowper. After him are Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Friedrich Gilly, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Michael Denis, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Jesse Ramsden.
1719 - 1785
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 7
1719 - 1792
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 8
1719 - 1772
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 9
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 10
1719 - 1798
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 12
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 13
1719 - 1783
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 14
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 15
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 16
1719 - 1797
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 17
1719 - 1796
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 18
1762 - 1800
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 17
1729 - 1800
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 18
1721 - 1800
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 19
1746 - 1800
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 20
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 21
1731 - 1800
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 22
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 23
1736 - 1800
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 24
1772 - 1800
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 25
1714 - 1800
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 26
1729 - 1800
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 27
1729 - 1800
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 28
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 3,318 out of 6,142. Before him are Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943), John II, Duke of Cleves (1458), Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721), Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581), Nick Heidfeld (1977), and Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866). After him are Otto Lesser (1830), Walter Burkert (1931), Heike Makatsch (1971), Reinhard Marx (1953), Greta Schröder (1891), and John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1677).
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 3,312
1458 - 1521
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 3,313
1721 - 1782
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 3,314
1581 - 1655
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 3,315
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 3,316
1866 - 1933
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 3,317
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,318
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,319
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,320
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,321
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,322
1891 - 1967
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,323
1677 - 1742
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,324
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner ranks 62. Before him are Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Adam Ries (1492), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), and Martin Ohm (1792). After him are Gerd Faltings (1954), Carl Adam Petri (1926), Max Noether (1921), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Max August Zorn (1906), and Hillel Furstenberg (1935).
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 56
1492 - 1559
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 57
1765 - 1825
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 58
1842 - 1913
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 59
1842 - 1899
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 60
1792 - 1872
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 61
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 62
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 63
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 64
1921 - 1921
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 65
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 66
1906 - 1993
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 67
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 68