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Abraham Zacuto

1452 - 1515

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Abraham Zacuto (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם בֵּן שְׁמוּאֵל זַכּוּת‎, romanized: Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut, Portuguese: Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto; 12 August 1452 – c. 1515) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian. Born in Castile, he served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal before fleeing to Tunis. His astrolabe of copper, his astronomical tables and maritime charts played an important role in the Spanish and Portuguese navigation capability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Zacuto has received more than 149,956 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Abraham Zacuto is the 253rd most popular mathematician (up from 258th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Spain (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Zacuto ranks 253 out of 1,004. Before him are Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Émile Picard, Edmund Landau, Jabir ibn Aflah, Jacopo Riccati, and Édouard Roche. After him are Jean-Robert Argand, Alfred Korzybski, Michael Stifel, Hugo Steinhaus, Guo Shoujing, and Andreas Osiander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1452, Abraham Zacuto ranks 6. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Richard III of England, Girolamo Savonarola, Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Ludovico Sforza. After him are Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Prospero Colonna, Idris Bitlisi, and Davide Ghirlandaio. Among people deceased in 1515, Abraham Zacuto ranks 9. Before him are Aldus Manutius, Meñli I Giray, Alonso de Ojeda, Bartholomew Columbus, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and Mariotto Albertinelli. After him are Barbara Zápolya, Barbara of Brandenburg, Pietro Lombardo, and Giovanni Giocondo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Zacuto ranks 567 out of 3,355. Before him are Ordoño IV of León (926), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864), Francisco Pacheco (1564), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), and Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912). After him are Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón (1727), Gundemar (600), Lucio Urtubia (1931), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), and Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Spain

Among mathematicians born in Spain, Abraham Zacuto ranks 2. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah (1100). After him are Abraham bar Hiyya (1070).

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