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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde

1735 - 1796

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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French mathematician, musician, and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde has received more than 91,438 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde is the 353rd most popular mathematician (down from 351st in 2019), the 2,512th most popular biography from France (up from 2,550th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 353 out of 1,004. Before him are Jean Dieudonné, Ignazio Danti, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Ernesto Cesàro, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Antoine Gombaud. After him are Ostilio Ricci, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Emil Leon Post, Albert Girard, Julius Plücker, and Madhava of Sangamagrama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 14. Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Ahmad al-Tijani, Ibrahim Bey, and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Johann Karl August Musäus, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Ignacy Krasicki, Dmitry Levitzky, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, and József Alvinczi. Among people deceased in 1796, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 17. Before him are Pyotr Rumyantsev, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, François de Charette, Velu Nachiyar, and Franz Anton Maulbertsch. After him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, François Séverin Marceau, William Chambers, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, and Juan José Elhuyar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 2,512 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Farcy (1949), Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328), Antoine Gombaud (1607), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Elisabeth of Lorraine (1574), and Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324). After him are Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Adolphe Nourrit (1802), Carolus-Duran (1837), Michel de l'Hôpital (1505), and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 60. Before him are Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Alain Connes (1947), René-Louis Baire (1874), Guillaume Postel (1510), Jean Dieudonné (1906), and Antoine Gombaud (1607). After him are Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Albert Girard (1595), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Philippe de La Hire (1640), and Paul Émile Appell (1855).

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