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MATHEMATICIAN

John Pell

1611 - 1685

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John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad. He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pell has received more than 69,490 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. John Pell is the 492nd most popular mathematician (down from 431st in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,046th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Pell ranks 492 out of 823Before him are Jakob Hermann, Harold Jeffreys, Paul Halmos, William Thurston, Willem 's Gravesande, and Johannes de Muris. After him are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Jacques Herbrand, Louis Bachelier, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, and Frigyes Riesz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, John Pell ranks 15Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, Carlo Rainaldi, Willem van de Velde the Elder, and James Harrington. After him are Henry Ireton, Mary Dyer, and Giancarlo de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1685, John Pell ranks 12Before him are Juan Carreño de Miranda, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Michel Le Tellier, and Francisco Herrera the Younger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 2,389 out of 7,765Before him are John Terry (1980), Stephen Hendry (1969), James Braid (1795), Joss Ackland (1928), Rupert Brooke (1887), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269). After him are Bob Anderson (1931), Peter Pears (1910), Terence Fisher (1904), Michael Green (1946), Lesley Manville (1956), and Michael Berry (1941).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 50Before him are Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Roger Cotes (1682), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Eric Temple Bell (1883), David Mumford (1937), and Harold Jeffreys (1891). After him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Henry Dudeney (1857), G. I. Taylor (1886), Egon Pearson (1895), and Mary Cartwright (1900).