1707 - 1751
Benjamin Robins (1707 – 29 July 1751) was a pioneering British scientist, Newtonian mathematician, and military engineer. He wrote an influential treatise on gunnery, for the first time introducing Newtonian science to military men, was an early enthusiast for rifled gun barrels, and his work had substantive influence on the development of artillery during the latter half of the eighteenth century – and directly stimulated the teaching of calculus in military academies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Robins has received more than 56,920 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Robins is the 740th most popular mathematician (down from 687th in 2019), the 3,847th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,571st in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Benjamin Robins ranks 740 out of 823. Before him are Marina Ratner, Laurent Lafforgue, Charles Fefferman, Francesco Brioschi, Leo Königsberger, and Ludwig Schläfli. After him are William Feller, Dennis Sullivan, Simon Donaldson, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Hassler Whitney, and Vladimir Levenshtein.
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 734
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 735
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 736
1824 - 1897
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 737
1837 - 1921
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 738
1814 - 1895
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 739
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 740
1906 - 1970
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 741
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 742
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 743
1888 - 1945
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 744
1907 - 1989
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 745
1935 - 2017
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 746
Among people born in 1707, Benjamin Robins ranks 18. Before him are Charles Wesley, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Johannes Burman, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, and Johann Amman. After him is Stephen Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1751, Benjamin Robins ranks 22. Before him are János Pálffy, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, John Machin, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Henri François d'Aguesseau, and George Graham.
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 12
1707 - 1745
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 13
1707 - 1777
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 14
1707 - 1779
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 15
1707 - 1782
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 16
1707 - 1741
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 17
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 18
1707 - 1785
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 19
1664 - 1751
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 16
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 17
1680 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 18
1689 - 1751
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 19
1668 - 1751
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 20
1673 - 1751
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 21
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Robins ranks 3,847 out of 7,765. Before him are Eric Stewart (1945), John Aitken (1839), Prunella Scales (1932), Richard J. Evans (1947), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), and Jim Capaldi (1944). After him are Sid Kimpton (1887), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Peter Hook (1956), Patrick Moore (1923), Alma Cogan (1932), and Virginia Wade (1945).
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 3,841
1839 - 1919
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 3,842
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,843
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,844
1885 - 1986
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,845
1944 - 2005
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 3,846
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 3,847
1887 - 1968
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 3,848
1944 - 2012
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 3,849
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 3,850
1923 - 2012
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 3,851
1932 - 1966
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 3,852
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 3,853
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Robins ranks 82. Before him are William Whiston (1667), William Shanks (1812), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), Douglas Hartree (1897), E. T. Whittaker (1873), and William Henry Young (1863). After him are Simon Donaldson (1957), Mary Everest Boole (1832), William Hopkins (1793), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), and Richard Taylor (1962).
1667 - 1752
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 76
1812 - 1882
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 77
1853 - 1907
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 78
1897 - 1958
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 79
1873 - 1956
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 80
1863 - 1942
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 81
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 82
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 83
1832 - 1916
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 84
1793 - 1866
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 85
1909 - 1980
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 86
1882 - 1948
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 87
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 88