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Albert Girard

1595 - 1632

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Albert Girard (French pronunciation: [alˈbɛʁ ʒiˈʁaʁ]) (11 October 1595 in Saint-Mihiel, France − 8 December 1632 in Leiden, The Netherlands) was a French-born mathematician. He studied at the University of Leiden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Girard has received more than 54,639 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Albert Girard is the 357th most popular mathematician (up from 390th in 2019), the 2,533rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,788th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Albert Girard ranks 357 out of 1,004. Before him are Rolf Nevanlinna, Antoine Gombaud, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Ostilio Ricci, Jean-Marie Duhamel, and Emil Leon Post. After him are Julius Plücker, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Rudolf Lipschitz, Kurt Hensel, Lothar Collatz, and Ivan Vinogradov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Albert Girard ranks 12. Before him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Vasile Lupu, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Antonio Maria Abbatini, and Ludovico Ludovisi. After him are Pieter de Molijn, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Guru Hargobind, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Jean Desmarets, and Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. Among people deceased in 1632, Albert Girard ranks 19. Before him are Valentin de Boulogne, Ludovico Ludovisi, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Abraham Janssens, and Anna of Cleves. After him are Jan Porcellis, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Giovanni Battista Crespi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Girard ranks 2,533 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Prouvé (1901), Louis Paul Cailletet (1832), Édouard Drumont (1844), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889), and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765). After him are Jean Lefebvre (1919), Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), François-Xavier Fabre (1766), Jean Daniélou (1905), Antoine Louis (1723), and Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Albert Girard ranks 62. Before him are René-Louis Baire (1874), Guillaume Postel (1510), Jean Dieudonné (1906), Antoine Gombaud (1607), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), and Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797). After him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Philippe de La Hire (1640), Paul Émile Appell (1855), Pierre Vernier (1580), and Paul Lévy (1886).

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