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Brook Taylor

1685 - 1731

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Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brook Taylor has received more than 447,701 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Brook Taylor is the 111th most popular mathematician (up from 125th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 652nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Mathematician.

Brook Taylor was a mathematician who is most famous for his work on the calculus of finite differences.

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  • 65.03

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Brook Taylor ranks 111 out of 1,004. Before him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Charles Hermite, Paul Ehrenfest, John Wallis, Anthemius of Tralles, and Girard Desargues. After him are János Bolyai, John Couch Adams, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Hippocrates of Chios, Meton of Athens, and Theon of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1685, Brook Taylor ranks 7. Before him are Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, George Berkeley, Domenico Scarlatti, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy. After him are Jean-Marc Nattier, Johann Maria Farina, Edward England, John Gay, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, and Farrukhsiyar. Among people deceased in 1731, Brook Taylor ranks 3. Before him are Daniel Defoe, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. After him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, Johann Ludwig Bach, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brook Taylor ranks 472 out of 8,785. Before him are Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Sid Vicious (1957), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Eadred (923), Saint Walpurga (710), and Denis Law (1940). After him are Æthelflæd (869), Saint Boniface (680), Alexander Pope (1688), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), G. E. Moore (1873), and Muriel Spark (1918).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Brook Taylor ranks 11. Before him are Alfred North Whitehead (1861), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Joan Clarke (1917), Thomas Harriot (1560), and John Wallis (1616). After him are John Couch Adams (1819), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), William Oughtred (1574), Robert Grosseteste (1175), and Arthur Cayley (1821).

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