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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 50,307 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Girard is the 391st most popular mathematician (down from 313th in 2019), the 2,797th most popular biography from France (down from 2,181st in 2019) and the 69th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Albert Girard ranks 391 out of 823Before him are Alfred Clebsch, Julia Robinson, Guido Fubini, Nikolai Luzin, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Pierre Wantzel. After him are Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Jacques Tits, Alfred J. Lotka, Ignazio Danti, Henri Brocard, and Ibn Sahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Albert Girard ranks 13Before him are Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Vasile Lupu, Ludovico Ludovisi, Antonio Maria Abbatini, and Guru Hargobind. After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Pieter de Molijn, Jean Desmarets, Heo Mok, and Henry Lawes. Among people deceased in 1632, Albert Girard ranks 20Before him are Ludovico Ludovisi, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Anna of Cleves, Jan Porcellis, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. After him are Abraham Janssens, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Philippe van Lansberge, Thomas Dekker, and Susenyos I.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Girard ranks 2,797 out of 6,011Before him are Alexandre Deschapelles (1780), Maurizio Galbaio (800), Mirra Alfassa (1878), Auguste Vaillant (1861), Robert Casadesus (1899), and François-Henri Pinault (1962). After him are John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638), Bernadette Chirac (1933), Benjamin Godard (1849), Marc Seguin (1786), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), and Robert Cambert (1628).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Albert Girard ranks 69Before him are Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Paul Émile Appell (1855), Pierre Vernier (1580), Philippe de La Hire (1640), Christian Kramp (1760), and Pierre Wantzel (1814). After him are Henri Brocard (1845), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jean Leray (1906), and Yves Meyer (1939).