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 5,915 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Briggs is the 211th most popular mathematician (up from 218th in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,088th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Henry Briggs ranks 211 out of 823. Before him are Paolo Ruffini, Autolycus of Pitane, Theodorus of Cyrene, Willem de Sitter, S. R. Ranganathan, and Élie Cartan. After him are Xu Guangqi, Hermann Schwarz, John Horton Conway, Tullio Levi-Civita, Pedro Nunes, and Hugo Steinhaus.
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 205
360 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 206
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 207
1872 - 1934
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 208
1892 - 1972
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 209
1869 - 1951
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 210
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 211
1562 - 1633
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 212
1843 - 1921
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 213
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 214
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 215
1502 - 1577
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 216
1887 - 1972
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 217
Among people born in 1561, Henry Briggs ranks 6. Before him are Francis Bacon, Jacopo Peri, Luis de Góngora, Santorio Santorio, and Katō Kiyomasa. After him are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Ii Naomasa, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, and Mary Sidney. Among people deceased in 1630, Henry Briggs ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, and Yuan Chonghuan. After him are Johann Schein, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Fede Galizia, Gioachino Greco, Yamada Nagamasa, Esaias van de Velde, and Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
1561 - 1626
HPI: 87.67
Rank: 1
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 2
1561 - 1627
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 4
1561 - 1611
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 5
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 6
1561 - 1589
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 7
1561 - 1602
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 8
1561 - 1623
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 9
1561 - 1656
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 10
1561 - 1615
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 11
1561 - 1621
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 12
1571 - 1630
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 1
1562 - 1630
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 2
1569 - 1630
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3
1584 - 1630
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 4
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 5
1586 - 1630
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 6
1552 - 1630
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 7
1578 - 1630
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 8
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 9
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 10
1587 - 1630
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 11
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 1,031 out of 7,765. Before him are Samuel Bellamy (1689), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Colin McRae (1968), Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), and Edith Cavell (1865). After him are Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Bob Hope (1903), Samuel Butler (1612), and Roger Daltrey (1944).
1689 - 1717
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 1,025
1506 - 1552
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,026
1968 - 2007
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,027
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,028
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,029
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 1,030
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1,031
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,032
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,033
1198 - 1249
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,034
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,035
1612 - 1680
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,036
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,037
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Briggs ranks 22. Before him are William Oughtred (1574), Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), Colin Maclaurin (1698), and Michael Atiyah (1929). After him are John Horton Conway (1937), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), George Atwood (1745), Thomas Simpson (1710), and William George Horner (1786).
1574 - 1660
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 16
1821 - 1895
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 17
1814 - 1897
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 18
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 19
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 20
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 21
1561 - 1630
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 22
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 23
1195 - 1256
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 24
1512 - 1558
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 25
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 26
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 27
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28