1678 - 1733
Jakob Hermann (16 July 1678 – 11 July 1733) was a mathematician who worked on problems in classical mechanics. He is the author of Phoronomia, an early treatise on Mechanics in Latin, which has been translated by Ian Bruce in 2015-16. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob Hermann has received more than 17,005 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jakob Hermann is the 486th most popular mathematician (up from 497th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 296th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Jakob Hermann ranks 486 out of 823. Before him are David Mumford, Erik Ivar Fredholm, Aleksandr Khinchin, Louis Nirenberg, Nina Bari, and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz. After him are Harold Jeffreys, Paul Halmos, William Thurston, Willem 's Gravesande, Johannes de Muris, and John Pell.
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 480
1866 - 1927
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 481
1894 - 1959
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 482
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 483
1901 - 1961
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 484
1890 - 1963
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 485
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 486
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 487
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 488
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 489
1688 - 1742
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 490
1290 - 1350
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 491
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 492
Among people born in 1678, Jakob Hermann ranks 11. Before him are Amaro Pargo, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Peter Lacy, and Adrien Maurice de Noailles. After him are Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke and Pierre Raymond de Montmort. Among people deceased in 1733, Jakob Hermann ranks 14. Before him are Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Robert de Visée, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Nicolas Coustou, John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him is Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough.
1678 - 1747
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 5
1678 - 1736
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 6
1678 - 1727
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 7
1678 - 1747
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 8
1678 - 1751
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 9
1678 - 1766
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 10
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 11
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 12
1678 - 1719
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 13
1676 - 1733
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 8
1650 - 1733
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 9
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 10
1658 - 1733
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 11
1700 - 1733
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 12
1675 - 1733
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 13
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 14
1681 - 1733
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 15
Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Hermann ranks 311 out of 876. Before him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Hector Hodler (1887), Albert Sechehaye (1870), and René Fasel (1950). After him are Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Henri Colpi (1921), Leopold Kielholz (1911), Gustave Ador (1845), Felix Manz (1498), and François Le Fort (1656).
1687 - 1759
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 305
1867 - 1939
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 306
1500 - 1564
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 307
1887 - 1920
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 308
1870 - 1946
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 309
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 310
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 311
1925 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 312
1921 - 2006
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 313
1911 - 1980
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 314
1845 - 1928
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 315
1498 - 1527
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 316
1656 - 1699
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 317
Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Jakob Hermann ranks 14. Before him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687). After him are Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Georges de Rham (1903), Armand Borel (1923), Nicolas Fuss (1755), and Martin Hairer (1975).
1695 - 1726
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 8
1768 - 1822
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 9
1803 - 1855
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 10
1750 - 1840
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 11
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 12
1687 - 1759
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 13
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 14
1585 - 1657
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 15
1814 - 1895
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 16
1903 - 1990
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 17
1923 - 2003
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 18
1755 - 1826
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 19
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 20