1581 - 1626
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, 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.
1816 - 1900
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 568
1866 - 1962
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 569
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 570
1871 - 1952
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 571
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 572
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 573
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 574
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 575
1907 - 1977
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 576
1517 - 1583
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 577
1937 - 2023
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 578
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 579
1905 - 1977
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 580
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.
1581 - 1639
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 10
1581 - 1641
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 11
1581 - 1647
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 12
1581 - 1643
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 13
1581 - 1655
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 14
1581 - 1638
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 15
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 16
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 13
1556 - 1626
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 14
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 15
1573 - 1626
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 16
1571 - 1626
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 17
1594 - 1626
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 18
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 19
1548 - 1626
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 20
1566 - 1626
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 21
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).
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 2,766
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 2,767
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 2,768
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 2,769
1914 - 2009
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,770
1924 - 1992
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,771
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,772
1925 - 1985
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,773
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,774
1920 - 2007
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 2,775
1862 - 1931
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 2,776
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,777
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 2,778
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).
1900 - 1998
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 56
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 57
1913 - 1995
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 58
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 59
1907 - 2003
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 60
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 61
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 62
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 63
1648 - 1715
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 64
1748 - 1819
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 65
1881 - 1953
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 66
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 67
1765 - 1842
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 68