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Jean Frédéric Frenet

1816 - 1900

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Jean Frédéric Frenet (French: [fʁənɛ]; 7 February 1816 – 12 June 1900) was a French mathematician, astronomer, and meteorologist. He was born and died in Périgueux, France. He is best known for being an independent co-discoverer of the Frenet–Serret formulas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Frédéric Frenet has received more than 28,185 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jean Frédéric Frenet is the 503rd most popular mathematician (up from 566th in 2019), the 3,352nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,567th in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean Frédéric Frenet ranks 503 out of 1,004. Before him are John Playfair, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Johann Benedict Listing, John Hadley, Geminus, and Anders Johan Lexell. After him are Gerd Faltings, Louis Bachelier, Charles Julien Brianchon, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Hillel Furstenberg, and Johann Baptist Cysat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Jean Frédéric Frenet ranks 29. Before him are Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Jean Cabanis, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, August Karl von Goeben, and Ion Ghica. After him are William Gull, Emanuel Leutze, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Moritz Steinschneider, Wazir Akbar Khan, and Jubal Early. Among people deceased in 1900, Jean Frédéric Frenet ranks 55. Before him are Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Piet Joubert, and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Francišak Bahuševič, Rudolf Charousek, Fatima Sheikh, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Dmitry Grigorovich, and Alexandre Falguière.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Frédéric Frenet ranks 3,352 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Bibron (1805), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Julius Leber (1891), Nasreddine Dinet (1861), Amalberga of Maubeuge (601), and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine (995). After him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Jules Barbier (1825), André Marie (1897), Émile Fayolle (1852), and Antoine Caron (1521).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jean Frédéric Frenet ranks 78. Before him are Yves Meyer (1939), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Jean Leray (1906), René de Saussure (1868), Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725), and Johannes de Muris (1290). After him are Louis Bachelier (1870), Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jacques Herbrand (1908), and Henri Brocard (1845).

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