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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(东原), 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 39,839 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dai Zhen is the 564th most popular mathematician (down from 561st in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from China (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Dai Zhen ranks 564 out of 823. Before him are Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Max August Zorn, Cahit Arf, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Chen Jingrun, and Jean-Marie Duhamel. After him are Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, Karol Borsuk, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and William Burnside.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Dai Zhen ranks 24. Before him are Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, John Michell, Claude Balbastre, John Smeaton, and Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. After him are Johann Julius Walbaum, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1777, Dai Zhen ranks 17. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Bernard de Jussieu, Alexander Sumarokov, and Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. After him are Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, Dolly Pentreath, John Bartram, and Button Gwinnett.

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In China

Among people born in China, Dai Zhen ranks 764 out of 1,392. Before him are Chen Hongshou (1598), Li Zhaoxing (1940), Wu Ma (1942), Chen Jingrun (1933), Chen Qimei (1878), and Li Ning (1963). After him are Qiao Shi (1924), Xiao Hong (1911), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Liu Yifei (1987), Jing Fang (-78), and Meng Wanzhou (1972).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Dai Zhen ranks 15. Before him are Yi Xing (683), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yang Hui (1238), Zhu Shijie (1249), Qin Jiushao (1201), and Chen Jingrun (1933). After him are Yitang Zhang (1955) and Wu Wenjun (1919).

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