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Jacob Bernoulli

1654 - 1705

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Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James in English or Jacques in French; 6 January 1655 [O.S. 27 December 1654] – 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Swiss Bernoulli family. He sided with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz during the Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy and was an early proponent of Leibnizian calculus, which he made numerous contributions to; along with his brother Johann, he was one of the founders of the calculus of variations. He also discovered the fundamental mathematical constant e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Bernoulli has received more than 795,500 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Jacob Bernoulli is the 80th most popular mathematician (down from 67th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Mathematician.

Jacob Bernoulli is most famous for his work on probability and the mathematics of games of chance.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacob Bernoulli ranks 80 out of 1,004. Before him are Zhang Heng, Alfred North Whitehead, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Benoit Mandelbrot, Augustus De Morgan, and Andrey Kolmogorov. After him are Regiomontanus, Pappus of Alexandria, Stefan Banach, Felix Klein, Ctesibius, and Alexander Friedmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Jacob Bernoulli ranks 2. Before him is Kangxi Emperor. After him are Emperor Reigen, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Pierre Varignon, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, and John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1705, Jacob Bernoulli ranks 2. Before him is Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Emeric Thököly, Ninon de l'Enclos, Luca Giordano, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Catherine of Braganza, John Ray, Philipp Spener, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, and George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacob Bernoulli ranks 41 out of 1,015. Before him are K. Alex Müller (1927), Karl Barth (1886), Adelaide of Italy (931), Ursula Andress (1936), Franz Mesmer (1734), and Eugen Bleuler (1857). After him are Angelica Kauffman (1741), Felix Bloch (1905), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), and Benjamin Constant (1767).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Jacob Bernoulli ranks 3. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), and Johann Bernoulli (1667). After him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Jost Bürgi (1552), Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750).

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