MATHEMATICIAN
Edmund Gunter
1581 - 1626
Edmund Gunter
Edmund Gunter (1581 – 10 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions, which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Gunter has received more than 107,372 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Gunter is the 574th most popular mathematician (down from 492nd in 2019), the 2,772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,321st in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Mathematician.
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Edmund Gunter ranks 574 out of 823. Before her are Jean Frédéric Frenet, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, William Burnside, Gino Fano, Hillel Furstenberg, and Nilakantha Somayaji. After her are Pál Turán, Ilia Vekua, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Yuri Manin, Luigi Bianchi, and Rózsa Péter.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1581, Edmund Gunter ranks 16. Before her are Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hedwig of Denmark, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. Among people deceased in 1626, Edmund Gunter ranks 19. Before her are Théophile de Viau, Paul Bril, Marino Ghetaldi, Odoardo Farnese, Salomon de Brosse, and John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. After her are Malik Ambar and Edward Alleyn.
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
Hedwig of Denmark
1581 - 1641
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 11
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
1581 - 1647
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 12
Jean du Vergier de Hauranne
1581 - 1643
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 13
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1581 - 1655
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 14
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 15
Edmund Gunter
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 1626
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Théophile de Viau
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 13
Paul Bril
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 14
Marino Ghetaldi
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 15
Odoardo Farnese
1573 - 1626
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 16
Salomon de Brosse
1571 - 1626
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 17
John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
1594 - 1626
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Edmund Gunter
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 19
Malik Ambar
1548 - 1626
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 20
Edward Alleyn
1566 - 1626
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 21
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 2,772 out of 7,765. Before her are Leslie Stephen (1832), Cyril Jackson (1903), Peter Phillips (1977), Lydia Becker (1827), Jack Cardiff (1914), and Freddie Bartholomew (1924). After her are Laura Ashley (1925), Caroline Goodall (1959), Ronald Speirs (1920), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), John Shrapnel (1942), and Geoff Duke (1923).
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Leslie Stephen
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 2,766
Cyril Jackson
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 2,767
Peter Phillips
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 2,768
Lydia Becker
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 2,769
Jack Cardiff
1914 - 2009
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,770
Freddie Bartholomew
1924 - 1992
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,771
Edmund Gunter
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,772
Laura Ashley
1925 - 1985
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,773
Caroline Goodall
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,774
Ronald Speirs
1920 - 2007
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,775
Cosmo Duff-Gordon
1862 - 1931
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,776
John Shrapnel
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,777
Geoff Duke
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,778
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Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 62. Before her are Mary Cartwright (1900), Sydney Chapman (1888), John Cairncross (1913), Ian Stewart (1945), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), and William Burnside (1852). After her are John Lennox (1943), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Thomas Digges (1546), and James Ivory (1765).
Mary Cartwright
1900 - 1998
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 56
Sydney Chapman
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 57
John Cairncross
1913 - 1995
HPI: 49.93
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Ian Stewart
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.79
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Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
1907 - 2003
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William Burnside
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.46
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1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 62
John Lennox
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 63
Joseph Raphson
1648 - 1715
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 64
John Playfair
1748 - 1819
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 65
Lewis Fry Richardson
1881 - 1953
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 66
Thomas Digges
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
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James Ivory
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