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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 Castilian astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian who served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal. 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 137,315 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Abraham Zacuto is the 258th most popular mathematician (down from 245th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 520th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Zacuto ranks 258 out of 823. Before him are William George Horner, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Michael Stifel, Andreas Osiander, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and Antoine Gombaud. After him are Abraham bar Hiyya, Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, Gotthold Eisenstein, and Helge von Koch.

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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 Prospero Colonna, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, and Davide Ghirlandaio. Among people deceased in 1515, Abraham Zacuto ranks 9. Before him are Meñli I Giray, Aldus Manutius, Alonso de Ojeda, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Bartholomew Columbus, and Mariotto Albertinelli. After him are Barbara of Brandenburg, Pietro Lombardo, Barbara Zápolya, and Giovanni Giocondo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Zacuto ranks 572 out of 2,932. Before him are Theodulf of Orléans (750), Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614), Javier Marías (1951), Verónica Forqué (1955), Gilbert Horal (1200), and Juan Donoso Cortés (1809). After him are Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Abraham bar Hiyya (1070), Ali ibn Yusuf (1083), Reccared II (650), Sebastián Iradier (1809), and Federico Mompou (1893).

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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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