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Jean-Victor Poncelet

1788 - 1867

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Jean-Victor Poncelet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ viktɔʁ pɔ̃slɛ]; 1 July 1788 – 22 December 1867) was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the Commanding General of the École Polytechnique. He is considered a reviver of projective geometry, and his work Traité des propriétés projectives des figures is considered the first definitive text on the subject since Gérard Desargues' work on it in the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Victor Poncelet has received more than 134,317 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Victor Poncelet is the 114th most popular mathematician (down from 100th in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from France (down from 713th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Mathematician.

Jean-Victor Poncelet was a French mathematician who is most famous for the development of the theory of projective geometry.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean-Victor Poncelet ranks 114 out of 1,004. Before him are John Wallis, Anthemius of Tralles, Girard Desargues, Brook Taylor, János Bolyai, and John Couch Adams. After him are Hippocrates of Chios, Meton of Athens, Theon of Alexandria, Leonid Kantorovich, Josef Stefan, and Nicomachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Jean-Victor Poncelet ranks 7. Before him are Lord Byron, Arthur Schopenhauer, Sarah Baartman, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. After him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Étienne Cabet, and Rama III. Among people deceased in 1867, Jean-Victor Poncelet ranks 10. Before him are Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Kōmei, Franz Bopp, Théodore Rousseau, Otto of Greece, and Sakamoto Ryōma. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria, Victor Cousin, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Princess Sophie of Saxony, and Peter von Cornelius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Victor Poncelet ranks 814 out of 6,770. Before him are Victor of Aveyron (1793), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Charles Garnier (1825), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Antoine Arnauld (1612), and Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725). After him are Jean Froissart (1337), Robert Guérin (1876), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), and Robert of Molesme (1024).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jean-Victor Poncelet ranks 24. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Charles Hermite (1822), and Girard Desargues (1591). After him are Alexis Clairaut (1713), Étienne Bézout (1730), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), and Joseph Liouville (1809).

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