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John Wilkins

1614 - 1672

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John Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wilkins has received more than 288,968 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Wilkins is the 267th most popular mathematician (up from 277th in 2019), the 1,298th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,381st in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Wilkins ranks 267 out of 1,004. Before him are Adolf Hurwitz, Thomas Simpson, Emil Artin, John Horton Conway, Jesse Douglas, and Tatyana Afanasyeva. After him are Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Atle Selberg, Karen Uhlenbeck, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and Shing-Tung Yau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, John Wilkins ranks 4. Before him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Franciscus Sylvius, and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Juan Carreño de Miranda, Jahanara Begum, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Martino Martini, Henry More, Michał Boym, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1672, John Wilkins ranks 7. Before him are John II Casimir Vasa, Heinrich Schütz, Johan de Witt, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Peter Stuyvesant, and Franciscus Sylvius. After him are Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adil Giray, Adriaen van de Velde, Madeleine Béjart, and Anne Marie Martinozzi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkins ranks 1,298 out of 8,785. Before him are David Prowse (1935), Kate Beckinsale (1973), Marina Berti (1924), Michael Ventris (1922), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713). After him are Joseph Boxhall (1884), Saint Malachy (1094), William Booth (1829), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Frederic Bartlett (1886), and Joan of Kent (1328).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Wilkins ranks 26. Before him are Michael Atiyah (1929), Henry Briggs (1561), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), Thomas Simpson (1710), and John Horton Conway (1937). After him are George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), Alan Baker (1939), and John Graunt (1620).

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