MATHEMATICIAN

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626

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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 113,868 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edmund Gunter is the 456th most popular mathematician (up from 572nd in 2019), the 2,155th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,765th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edmund Gunter ranks 456 out of 1,004. Before her are Yves Meyer, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Francesco Maurolico, Yang Hui, William Thurston, and Richard E. Bellman. After her are Yuri Manin, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, William Kingdon Clifford, Adriaan van Roomen, Ernst Schröder, and Terence Tao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Edmund Gunter ranks 13. Before her are Hendrik Brouwer, Giulia Tofana, Frans Francken the Younger, Hedwig of Denmark, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. After her are 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 Pietro Cataldi, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Paul Bril, Théophile de Viau, Odoardo Farnese, and John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. After her are Salomon de Brosse, Malik Ambar, and Edward Alleyn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 2,155 out of 8,785. Before her are Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), David Gemmell (1948), Bobby Sands (1954), Hilton Valentine (1943), Lewis Gilbert (1920), and John Leslie (1766). After her are Maryam d'Abo (1960), Steve Jones (1955), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), Claude Choules (1901), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 41. Before her are George Green (1793), Roger Cotes (1682), William Sealy Gosset (1876), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), and Thomas Bradwardine (1300). After her are William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Eric Temple Bell (1883), James Stirling (1692), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), David Mumford (1937), and Joseph Raphson (1648).

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