MATHEMATICIAN

Dai Zhen

1724 - 1777

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Dai Zhen (Chinese: 戴震; pinyin: Dài Zhèn; Wade–Giles: Tai Chen, January 19, 1724 – July 1, 1777), courtesy name Shenxiu(慎修), art name Dongyuan(東原), was a Chinese philosopher of the Qing dynasty. Hailing from Xiuning, Anhui Dai was a versatile scholar who made great contributions to mathematics, geography, phonology and philosophy. His philosophical and philological critiques of Neo-Confucianism continue to be influential. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dai Zhen has received more than 42,809 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dai Zhen is the 526th most popular mathematician (up from 562nd in 2019), the 766th most popular biography from China (down from 761st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Dai Zhen ranks 526 out of 1,004. Before him are Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Carl Neumann, Julia Robinson, Martin Ohm, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, and Eugenio Calabi. After him are Thomas Wright, Nina Bari, Max Noether, Heinrich Martin Weber, Egon Pearson, and Ismaël Bullialdus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Dai Zhen ranks 25. Before him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Claude Balbastre, and John Michell. After him are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ji Yun, Johann Julius Walbaum, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. Among people deceased in 1777, Dai Zhen ranks 14. Before him are Charles de Brosses, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Johann Andreas Segner, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Alexander Sumarokov, Bernard de Jussieu, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Mir Qasim.

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In China

Among people born in China, Dai Zhen ranks 766 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Tingyu (1672), Yu Hua (1960), Xu Caihou (1943), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), and Wu Bangguo (1941). After him are Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Lang Lang (1982), Huang Zongxi (1610), Chu Suiliang (597), Zhang Xuan (713), and Tan Dun (1957).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Dai Zhen ranks 14. Before him are Yi Xing (683), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhu Shijie (1249), Qin Jiushao (1201), and Yang Hui (1238). After him are Chen Jingrun (1933), Wu Wenjun (1919), Yitang Zhang (1955), Gu Chaohao (1926), Hua Luogeng (1910), and Sun-Yung Alice Chang (1948).

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