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John Graunt

1620 - 1674

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John Graunt (24 April 1620 – 18 April 1674) has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Graunt has received more than 253,481 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Graunt is the 312th most popular mathematician (down from 284th in 2019), the 1,470th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Graunt ranks 312 out of 1,004. Before him are Eugène Charles Catalan, Aristyllus, Wilhelm Ackermann, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Igor Ansoff, and Pierre Deligne. After him are John Milnor, Johannes Widmann, John G. Thompson, Oronce Finé, Theodor Kaluza, and Gotthold Eisenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, John Graunt ranks 11. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp, Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Miklós Zrínyi, and Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars. After him are François Bernier, Nicholas Mercator, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Isabella Leonarda, Masaniello, and Abraham van Beijeren. Among people deceased in 1674, John Graunt ranks 9. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne, Nicolaes Tulp, Giacomo Carissimi, Jan Lievens, Jean Chapelain, and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Hallgrímur Pétursson, Leonaert Bramer, Karel Škréta, Mehmed IV Giray, Hu Zhengyan, and Ebba Brahe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 1,470 out of 8,785. Before him are Elihu Thomson (1853), Robert Stephenson (1803), Thomas Wyatt (1503), J. Lee Thompson (1914), David Garrick (1717), and Edward Young (1683). After him are Roland Joffé (1945), Janick Gers (1957), Ealhswith (852), Emilia Clarke (1986), Howard Staunton (1810), and Billy Connolly (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 32. Before him are John Wilkins (1614), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), and Alan Baker (1939). After him are Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Peter Barlow (1776), George Green (1793), Roger Cotes (1682), William Sealy Gosset (1876), and William Jones (1675).

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