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Charles Dupin

1784 - 1873

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Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin (6 October 1784, Varzy, Nièvre – 18 January 1873, Paris, France) was a French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist and politician, particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of statistical and thematic mapping. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dupin has received more than 47,174 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Dupin is the 629th most popular mathematician (down from 540th in 2019), the 3,828th most popular biography from France (down from 3,237th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles Dupin ranks 629 out of 823Before him are Heinz Hopf, Alfréd Rényi, Olga Taussky-Todd, James Ivory, Elias M. Stein, and Georg Stiernhielm. After him are Johann Benedict Listing, Alfréd Haar, Eduard Čech, Robert Simson, Carl Neumann, and Karl Georg Christian von Staudt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Charles Dupin ranks 42Before him are Denis Davydov, Bagyidaw, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Leopoldo Nobili, Christopher Hansteen, and Joseph Bové. After him are José Tadeo Monagas, Juan Mora Fernández, José María Pérez de Urdininea, Leigh Hunt, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, and William Yarrell. Among people deceased in 1873, Charles Dupin ranks 50Before him are Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Christopher Hansteen, Edwin Landseer, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Eugène Flachat, and Spyridon Trikoupis. After him are Caterina Scarpellini, Francis Marrash, Fyodor Vasilyev, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Salmon P. Chase, and Odilon Barrot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Dupin ranks 3,828 out of 6,011Before him are Mathé Altéry (1927), François Cavanna (1923), David Ginola (1967), Christine Delphy (1941), François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592), and Robert Herbin (1939). After him are Johann Fischart (1546), Maurice Guigue (1912), Georges Courteline (1858), Michael Vartan (1968), Pierre Brossolette (1903), and Jérôme Carcopino (1881).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Charles Dupin ranks 91Before him are Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), and Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725). After him are Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957), Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger (1790), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), and Victor Puiseux (1820).