1561 - 1630
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 4,971 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henry Briggs is the 218th most popular mathematician (up from 232nd in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,058th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Henry Briggs ranks 218 out of 828. Before him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Lars Ahlfors, Mary Jackson, Paolo Ruffini, Xu Guangqi, and Michel Chasles. After him are Thomas Simpson, Menaechmus, Piet Hein, Helge von Koch, Alfred Korzybski, and Maria Reiche.
1849 - 1917
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 212
1907 - 1996
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 213
1921 - 2005
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 214
1765 - 1822
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 215
1562 - 1633
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 216
1793 - 1880
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 217
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 218
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 219
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 220
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 221
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 222
1879 - 1950
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 223
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 224
Among people born in 1561, Henry Briggs ranks 6. Before him are Francis Bacon, Jacopo Peri, Luis de Góngora, Katō Kiyomasa, and Santorio Santorio. After him are Ii Naomasa, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Adriaan van Roomen, Thomas Fincke, and Mary Sidney. 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 Johann Schein. After him are Agrippa d'Aubigné, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Gioachino Greco, Fede Galizia, Esaias van de Velde, and Salamone Rossi.
1561 - 1626
HPI: 90.24
Rank: 1
1561 - 1633
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 2
1561 - 1627
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 3
1561 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 4
1561 - 1636
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 5
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 6
1561 - 1602
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 7
1561 - 1589
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 8
1561 - 1615
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 9
1561 - 1656
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 10
1561 - 1621
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 11
1571 - 1630
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 1
1562 - 1630
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 2
1569 - 1630
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 3
1584 - 1630
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 4
1586 - 1630
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 5
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 6
1552 - 1630
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 7
1568 - 1630
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 8
1590 - 1630
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 9
1578 - 1630
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 10
1587 - 1630
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 11
1570 - 1630
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 1,088 out of 6,924. Before him are Mark Strong (1963), George Robert Gray (1808), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Herbert C. Brown (1912), Frank Lloyd (1886), and Barbara Cartland (1901). After him are Martin Evans (1941), Smithson Tennant (1761), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Thomas Simpson (1710), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), and Pete Postlethwaite (1946).
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 1,082
1808 - 1872
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,083
1917 - 1985
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,084
1912 - 2004
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1,085
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,086
1901 - 2000
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,087
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,088
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,089
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,090
1451 - 1476
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,091
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,092
1897 - 1978
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,093
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,094
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 22. Before him are James Joseph Sylvester (1814), Arthur Cayley (1821), Michael Atiyah (1929), James Gregory (1638), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and Colin Maclaurin (1698). After him are Thomas Simpson (1710), William Jones (1675), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), George Atwood (1745), Robert Recorde (1512), and John Graunt (1620).
1814 - 1897
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1821 - 1895
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 17
1929 - 2019
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 18
1638 - 1675
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 19
1885 - 1977
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 20
1698 - 1746
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 21
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 22
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 23
1675 - 1749
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 24
1195 - 1256
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 25
1745 - 1807
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 26
1512 - 1558
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 27
1620 - 1674
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 28