1831 - 1907
Edward John Routh (; 20 January 1831 – 7 June 1907) was an English mathematician, noted as the outstanding coach of students preparing for the Mathematical Tripos examination of the University of Cambridge in its heyday in the middle of the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Routh has received more than 117,346 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edward Routh is the 648th most popular mathematician (down from 611th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Canada (down from 272nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Edward Routh ranks 648 out of 823. Before him are Paul du Bois-Reymond, John Tate, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Guido Castelnuovo, Friedrich Waismann, and Paul Gordan. After him are David Gregory, Mikio Sato, Eliyahu Rips, Jordanus de Nemore, Efim Zelmanov, and Jean Bourgain.
1831 - 1889
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 642
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 643
1773 - 1825
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 644
1865 - 1952
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 645
1896 - 1959
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 646
1837 - 1912
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 647
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 648
1659 - 1708
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 649
1928 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 650
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 651
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 652
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 653
1954 - 2018
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 654
Among people born in 1831, Edward Routh ranks 75. Before him are Archibald Scott Couper, José Evaristo Uriburu, Gustav Radde, Ippolito Nievo, Georg Sauerwein, and Paul du Bois-Reymond. After him are Amelia Edwards, Frederick Townsend Ward, Heinrich von Stephan, Fran Levstik, John Bell Hood, and Peter Tait. Among people deceased in 1907, Edward Routh ranks 70. Before him are Désirée Artôt, Alfred Newton, Luis Sáenz Peña, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Ida Saxton McKinley, and Jakob Hurt. After him are Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, Charles Howard Hinton, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Macario Sakay, and Lena Rice.
1831 - 1892
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 69
1831 - 1914
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 70
1831 - 1903
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 71
1831 - 1861
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 72
1831 - 1904
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 73
1831 - 1889
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 74
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 75
1831 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 76
1831 - 1862
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 77
1831 - 1897
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 78
1831 - 1887
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 79
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 80
1831 - 1901
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 81
1835 - 1907
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 64
1829 - 1907
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 65
1822 - 1907
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 66
1838 - 1907
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 67
1847 - 1907
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 68
1839 - 1907
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 69
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 70
1822 - 1907
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 71
1858 - 1907
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 72
1853 - 1907
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 73
1847 - 1907
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 74
1878 - 1907
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 75
1866 - 1907
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 76
Among people born in Canada, Edward Routh ranks 310 out of 1,350. Before him are Julie Payette (1963), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Jacques Plante (1929), Manly P. Hall (1901), Anne Carson (1950), and Shyla Stylez (1982). After him are Brock Chisholm (1896), Edge (1973), Robin Sharma (1965), Geddy Lee (1953), Roberta Bondar (1945), and Gordon Lightfoot (1938).
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 304
1942 - 2022
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 305
1929 - 1986
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 306
1901 - 1990
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 307
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 308
1982 - 2017
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 309
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 310
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 311
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 312
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 313
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 314
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 315
1938 - 2023
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 316
Among mathematicians born in Canada, Edward Routh ranks 5. Before him are John Charles Fields (1863), Simon Newcomb (1835), Robert Langlands (1936), and Louis Nirenberg (1925). After him are Albert W. Tucker (1905), William Kahan (1933), Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Irving Kaplansky (1917), and Manjul Bhargava (1974).
1863 - 1932
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1
1835 - 1909
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 4
1831 - 1907
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 7
1923 - 2017
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 8
1917 - 2006
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 9
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.29
Rank: 10