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MATHEMATICIAN

Joseph Raphson

1648 - 1715

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Raphson has received more than 172,623 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Raphson is the 597th most popular mathematician (down from 495th in 2019), the 2,886th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,326th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Raphson ranks 597 out of 823Before him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Arend Heyting, John Lennox, Baudhayana sutras, Erhard Schmidt, and Moritz Pasch. After him are Louis J. Mordell, Michael Artin, Alfred Pringsheim, Saunders Mac Lane, Jürgen Moser, and Jean-Étienne Montucla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Joseph Raphson ranks 13Before him are Johann Michael Bach, Arp Schnitger, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and René de Froulay de Tessé. After him is Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway. Among people deceased in 1715, Joseph Raphson ranks 18Before him are Pu Songling, François Girardon, Mirwais Hotak, Nicolas Lemery, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Pierre Magnol. After him is Nahum Tate.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Raphson ranks 2,886 out of 7,765Before him are Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Harry Kane (1993), Henry Wood (1869), Gerry Anderson (1929), and John Anderson (1833). After him are Phil Manzanera (1951), Howard Webb (1971), Quentin Blake (1932), Harriet Walter (1950), William Froude (1810), and Johnny Clegg (1953).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Raphson ranks 64Before him are John Cairncross (1913), Ian Stewart (1945), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Burnside (1852), Edmund Gunter (1581), and John Lennox (1943). After him are John Playfair (1748), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Thomas Digges (1546), James Ivory (1765), Robert Simson (1687), and Paul Bernays (1888).