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Henry Briggs

1561 - 1630

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Henry Briggs (1 February 1561 – 26 January 1630) was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour. The specific algorithm for long division in modern use was introduced by Briggs c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Briggs has received more than 6,313 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Henry Briggs is the 221st most popular mathematician (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,029th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henry Briggs ranks 221 out of 1,004. Before him are Willem de Sitter, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Callippus, Michel Chasles, Xu Guangqi, and Henri Cartan. After him are Thomas Abbt, Anatoly Fomenko, Maria Reiche, Israel Gelfand, Pierre Varignon, and L. E. J. Brouwer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Henry Briggs ranks 7. Before him are Francis Bacon, Jacopo Peri, Luis de Góngora, Santorio Santorio, Katō Kiyomasa, and Anna Maria of the Palatinate. After him are Ii Naomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, Philippe van Lansberge, and Bartholomaeus Pitiscus. Among people deceased in 1630, Henry Briggs ranks 6. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Yuan Chonghuan, and Fede Galizia. After him are Johann Schein, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Gioachino Greco, Akile Hatun, and Yamada Nagamasa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 1,002 out of 8,785. Before him are Ewan McGregor (1971), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Lee Child (1954), Antony Flew (1923), and Alexander III of Scotland (1241). After him are Ian Curtis (1956), Jill Ireland (1936), Bill Shankly (1913), Michael Nyman (1944), Colin Chapman (1928), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 21. Before him are William Oughtred (1574), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), and Michael Atiyah (1929). After him are Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), Thomas Simpson (1710), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), and George Atwood (1745).

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