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Ernest William Brown

1866 - 1938

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Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 – 22 July 1938) was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest William Brown has received more than 52,285 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ernest William Brown is the 413th most popular mathematician (down from 411th in 2019), the 2,055th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,980th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ernest William Brown ranks 413 out of 823. Before him are Daniele Barbaro, Yakov Sinai, Stephen Cole Kleene, Richard E. Bellman, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, and Heisuke Hironaka. After him are Diocles, Luigi Cremona, Viggo Brun, Adriaan van Roomen, John Vitéz, and Karl Mollweide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Ernest William Brown ranks 62. Before him are Wakatsuki Reijirō, Carlos Schwabe, Holger Nielsen, Georg Jensen, Kazimierz Twardowski, and Hubert Van Innis. After him are Charles Mangin, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Gustav Cassel, António José de Almeida, Jeppe Aakjær, and Elizabeth von Arnim. Among people deceased in 1938, Ernest William Brown ranks 102. Before him are Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Prince Arthur of Connaught, E. C. Segar, Kazimierz Twardowski, George Ellery Hale, and Prince Johann Georg of Saxony. After him are John Flanagan, Ramón Franco, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Otto Warburg, Gustav Klutsis, and Saken Seifullin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest William Brown ranks 2,055 out of 7,765. Before him are William Cullen (1710), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Jimmy Savile (1926), Mike Rutherford (1950), and Ken Aston (1915). After him are Nigel Hawthorne (1929), Charlie Whiting (1952), Harry Redknapp (1947), Arnold Bennett (1867), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), and Andrew Bertie (1929).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Ernest William Brown ranks 41. Before him are Frank P. Ramsey (1903), George Green (1793), Edward Waring (1736), William Sealy Gosset (1876), James Stirling (1692), and David Cox (1924). After him are Thomas Wright (1711), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Roger Cotes (1682), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), and Eric Temple Bell (1883).

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