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George Green

1793 - 1841

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George Green (14 July 1793 – 31 May 1841) was a British mathematical physicist who wrote An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism in 1828. The essay introduced several important concepts, among them a theorem similar to the modern Green's theorem, the idea of potential functions as currently used in physics, and the concept of what are now called Green's functions. Green was the first person to create a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism and his theory formed the foundation for the work of other scientists such as James Clerk Maxwell, William Thomson, and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Green has received more than 64,341 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. George Green is the 366th most popular mathematician (down from 333rd in 2019), the 1,705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,685th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Green ranks 366 out of 1,004. Before him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Kurt Hensel, Lothar Collatz, Ivan Vinogradov, Bruno Abakanowicz, and Heisuke Hironaka. After him are Otto Hesse, Roger Cotes, Klaus Roth, Diocles, Caspar Wessel, and Plato Tiburtinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, George Green ranks 23. Before him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Philipp Veit, Thomas Addison, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Baldomero Espartero, and Dost Mohammad Khan. After him are Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Pavel Pestel, Ludwig Reichenbach, Marie Antoinette Murat, Aleksander Fredro, and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist. Among people deceased in 1841, George Green ranks 23. Before him are Bertrand Barère, Franz Xaver von Baader, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Aloysius Bertrand, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. After him are Princess Augusta of Prussia, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Peter Chanel, Agustín Gamarra, and Alessandro Rolla.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Green ranks 1,705 out of 8,785. Before him are Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Lorna Wing (1928), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), James Finlayson (1887), and Noel Gallagher (1967). After him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Oliver Hart (1948), Cassivellaunus (-100), Bill Foulkes (1932), James Gillray (1756), and James Ferguson (1797).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, George Green ranks 35. Before him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), Alan Baker (1939), John Graunt (1620), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), and Peter Barlow (1776). After him are Roger Cotes (1682), William Sealy Gosset (1876), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Edmund Gunter (1581).

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