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Georg von Peuerbach

1423 - 1461

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Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach; Latin: Purbachius; born May 30, 1423 – April 8, 1461) was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg von Peuerbach has received more than 72,089 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Peuerbach is the 199th most popular mathematician (up from 201st in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Austria (down from 311th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 199 out of 823Before him are Marcel Grossmann, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Jan Łukasiewicz, Richard von Mises, Laurent Schwartz, and Édouard Lucas. After him are Abu Nasr Mansur, Constantin Carathéodory, Piet Hein, Lars Ahlfors, Alonzo Church, and Paolo Ruffini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1423, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 4Before him are Louis XI of France, Ferdinand I of Naples, and Uzun Hasan. After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles and Pierre d'Aubusson. Among people deceased in 1461, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 5Before him are Charles VII of France, Owen Tudor, Domenico Veneziano, and Charles, Prince of Viana. After him are Thomas of Bosnia, Afonso I, Duke of Braganza, Sayf ad-Din Inal, and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 318 out of 1,237Before him are Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Gerhard Berger (1959), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902). After him are Fritjof Capra (1939), Walter Kohn (1923), Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Alois Riegl (1858), and Michael Hainisch (1858).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 4Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906), Josef Stefan (1835), and Paul Ehrenfest (1880). After him are Emil Artin (1898), Hans Hahn (1879), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Karl Menger (1902), Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), and Otto E. Neugebauer (1899).