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James Stirling

1692 - 1770

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James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Stirling has received more than 17,556 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). James Stirling is the 472nd most popular mathematician (down from 357th in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,830th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Stirling ranks 472 out of 1,004. Before him are Eric Temple Bell, Isadore Singer, Hermann Hankel, Raoul Bott, Daniele Barbaro, and Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq. After him are Alfred J. Lotka, Dennis Sullivan, Al-Mahani, Federico Commandino, Adam Ries, and Johann Samuel König.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1692, James Stirling ranks 10. Before him are Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Joseph Butler, and Alessandro Albani. After him are Louisa Maria Stuart, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dolly Pentreath, and Filippo Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1770, James Stirling ranks 13. Before him are Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Grenville, Martin van Meytens, and George Whitefield. After him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Francesco Araja, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Charles Avison, Christopher Middleton, and Mark Akenside.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 2,195 out of 8,785. Before him are Lytton Strachey (1880), Bob Peck (1945), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Paul Young (1956), and William Speirs Bruce (1867). After him are Clive Sinclair (1940), Caroline Graham (1931), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Norman McLaren (1914), Mary Bell (1957), and John Kemp Starley (1854).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 44. Before him are William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Edmund Gunter (1581), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), and Eric Temple Bell (1883). After him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), David Mumford (1937), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), John Hadley (1682), and Thomas Wright (1711).

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