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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 142,117 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gemma Frisius is the 371st most popular mathematician (down from 354th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 346th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gemma Frisius ranks 371 out of 823Before him are Emil Leon Post, Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Jim Simons, David Cox, and Yang Hui. After him are Raymond Smullyan, Zhu Shijie, László Lovász, Otto Hesse, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Igor Shafarevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Gemma Frisius ranks 11Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Primož Trubar, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, and Marin Držić. After him is Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1555, Gemma Frisius ranks 16Before him are Oronce Finé, Herri met de Bles, Heinrich Aldegrever, Agnes of Hesse, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja. After him are Luis de Narváez, Jan Mostaert, Justus Jonas, Hugh Latimer, Stephen Gardiner, and Polydore Vergil.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gemma Frisius ranks 371 out of 1,427Before him are Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927), Cristina Deutekom (1931), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), Louis Andriessen (1939), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), and Jan Dirksz Both (1618). After him are Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), Memphis Depay (1994), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), and Faas Wilkes (1923).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Gemma Frisius ranks 5Before him are Willebrord Snellius (1580), Willem de Sitter (1872), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), and Isaac Beeckman (1588). After him are Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Arend Heyting (1898), and Diederik Korteweg (1848).