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Gemma Frisius

1508 - 1555

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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508 – May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. Gemma's rings, an astronomical instrument, are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gemma Frisius has received more than 152,806 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gemma Frisius is the 342nd most popular mathematician (up from 371st in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 370th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gemma Frisius ranks 342 out of 1,004. Before him are Sergei Novikov, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Frank P. Ramsey, and Gaston Julia. After him are Johann Radon, Zhu Shijie, Peter Barlow, Karl Menger, Jean Dieudonné, and Ignazio Danti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Gemma Frisius ranks 11. Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Primož Trubar, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, and Marin Držić. After him is Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1555, Gemma Frisius ranks 15. Before him are Agnes of Hesse, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Thomas of Villanova, Oronce Finé, and Heinrich Aldegrever. After him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Luis de Narváez, Bartolomeo Veneto, Justus Jonas, Olympia Fulvia Morata, and Jan Mostaert.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gemma Frisius ranks 347 out of 1,646. Before him are Hans van Breukelen (1956), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Olivier van Noort (1558), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Karel Doorman (1889), and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743). After him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Tom Okker (1944), Isaac Israëls (1865), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Hercules Seghers (1589), and Leonaert Bramer (1596).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Gemma Frisius ranks 6. Before him are Willebrord Snellius (1580), Willem de Sitter (1872), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), Isaac Beeckman (1588), and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903). After him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Arend Heyting (1898), and Diederik Korteweg (1848).

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