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Henry John Stephen Smith

1826 - 1883

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Henry John Stephen Smith (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory. In matrix theory he is visible today in having his name on the Smith normal form of a matrix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry John Stephen Smith has received more than 65,428 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry John Stephen Smith is the 952nd most popular mathematician (down from 873rd in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 367th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 952 out of 1,004Before him are Timothy Gowers, David Blackwell, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Christopher Zeeman, Richard Schoen, and Mary Ellen Rudin. After him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Peter Scholze, Marcus du Sautoy, Frank Adams, Fan Chung, and Peter Sarnak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 67Before him are Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, José María Medina, José Eusebio Otalora, John Buford, Varina Davis, and Dinah Craik.  Among people deceased in 1883, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 70Before him are Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, Matthew Webb, John Lawrence LeConte, and Peter Cooper. After him are William Spottiswoode, and Lot M. Morrill.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 364 out of 549Before him are Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Desmond Connell (1926), and Mairead McGuinness (1959). After him are Kerry Condon (1983), Shay Given (1976), James Mason (1849), Mary Lou McDonald (1969), Phil Hogan (1960), and Finn Bálor (1981).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ireland

Among mathematicians born in Ireland, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 6Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), and George Salmon (1819).