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George Atwood

1745 - 1807

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George Atwood (c. October 1745 – 11 July 1807) was an English mathematician who invented the Atwood machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's laws of motion. He was also a renowned chess player whose skill for recording many games of his own and of other players, including François-André Danican Philidor, the leading master of his time, left a valuable historical record for future generations. Atwood was born in Westminster, with the date remaining unknown, but presumed to have been shortly before his baptism on 15 October 1745. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Atwood has received more than 52,187 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. George Atwood is the 279th most popular mathematician (down from 244th in 2019), the 1,346th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,218th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Atwood ranks 279 out of 1,004. Before him are Shing-Tung Yau, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Paul Cohen, Lev Pontryagin, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, and Jacques Charles François Sturm. After him are Edward Waring, Lloyd Shapley, Abraham bar Hiyya, John Edensor Littlewood, Kunihiko Kodaira, and Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, George Atwood ranks 20. Before him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Andrianampoinimerina, Şahin Giray, Valentin Haüy, Casimir Pulaski, and Gregory V of Constantinople. After him are Jens Juel, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Denis Fonvizin, Maxim Berezovsky, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and Isaac Titsingh. Among people deceased in 1807, George Atwood ranks 10. Before him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Jeanne Baret, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Benedict Stuart, Osman Pazvantoğlu, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm. After him are John Newton, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Atwood ranks 1,346 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Scholes (1974), Thomas Tew (1649), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Anne Perry (1938), Roger Fenton (1819), and Edmund Kean (1787). After him are Edward Waring (1736), William Prout (1785), Peter Burke (1937), Gideon Mantell (1790), Ted Hughes (1930), and Lennox Lewis (1965).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, George Atwood ranks 27. Before him are Henry Briggs (1561), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), Thomas Simpson (1710), John Horton Conway (1937), and John Wilkins (1614). After him are Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), Alan Baker (1939), John Graunt (1620), and Frank P. Ramsey (1903).

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