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John Hadley

1682 - 1744

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John Hadley (16 April 1682 – 14 February 1744) was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hadley has received more than 78,622 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Hadley is the 500th most popular mathematician (down from 454th in 2019), the 2,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,214th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Hadley ranks 500 out of 1,004. Before him are Pavel Urysohn, Pierre François Verhulst, Theon of Smyrna, John Playfair, Mitchell Feigenbaum, and Johann Benedict Listing. After him are Geminus, Anders Johan Lexell, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Gerd Faltings, Louis Bachelier, and Charles Julien Brianchon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, John Hadley ranks 16. Before him are William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jan van Huysum, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Roger Cotes, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Christian Ferdinand Abel. After him are Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Johann Jacob Bach, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Shahu I, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and James Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1744, John Hadley ranks 14. Before him are Marie Anne de Mailly, André Campra, Leonardo Leo, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Antiochus Kantemir, and Johann Heinrich Schulze. After him are Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and Filippo Randazzo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hadley ranks 2,329 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Williams (1603), Jamie Dornan (1982), Gerry Rafferty (1947), F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782), Christopher Hill (1912), and Lady Caroline Lamb (1785). After him are Stanley Myers (1930), Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), John Walker (1781), and Robert Stevenson (1905).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Hadley ranks 49. Before him are Eric Temple Bell (1883), James Stirling (1692), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), David Mumford (1937), Joseph Raphson (1648), and John Playfair (1748). After him are Thomas Wright (1711), Egon Pearson (1895), Sydney Chapman (1888), Paul Bernays (1888), Ernest William Brown (1866), and Harold Jeffreys (1891).

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