1850 - 1925
Oliver Heaviside FRS (; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught mathematician and physicist who invented a new technique for solving differential equations (equivalent to the Laplace transform), independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His formulation of the telegrapher's equations became commercially important during his own lifetime, after their significance went unremarked for a long while, as few others were versed at the time in his novel methodology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Heaviside has received more than 930,690 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Oliver Heaviside is the 129th most popular mathematician (down from 41st in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 680th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Mathematician.
Oliver Heaviside was a British mathematician, physicist, and electrical engineer who is most famous for his work in the field of electricity and electromagnetism.
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Among mathematicians, Oliver Heaviside ranks 129 out of 823. Before him are Andrew Wiles, Marian Rejewski, Brook Taylor, Henri Lebesgue, Herbert A. Hauptman, and Menelaus of Alexandria. After him are Andrey Markov, Simplicius of Cilicia, Alexis Clairaut, Michel Rolle, Liu Hui, and Robert Grosseteste.
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 123
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 124
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 125
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 126
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 127
70 - 140
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 128
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 129
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 130
490 - 560
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 131
1713 - 1765
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 132
1652 - 1719
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 133
225 - 295
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 134
1175 - 1253
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1850, Oliver Heaviside ranks 15. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Pat Garrett. After him are Lafcadio Hearn, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Ignác Goldziher, and Victoriano Huerta. Among people deceased in 1925, Oliver Heaviside ranks 28. Before him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Vincenzo Peruggia, Félix Vallotton, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, and John Singer Sargent. After him are Vajiravudh, Fritz Haarmann, Léon Bourgeois, Aleksey Kuropatkin, H. Rider Haggard, and Eugen Sandow.
1850 - 1909
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 9
1850 - 1935
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 10
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 11
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 12
1850 - 1942
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 13
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 14
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 15
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 16
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 17
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 18
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 19
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 20
1850 - 1916
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 21
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 22
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 23
1881 - 1925
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 24
1865 - 1925
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 25
1843 - 1925
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 26
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 27
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 28
1880 - 1925
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 29
1879 - 1925
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 30
1851 - 1925
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 31
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 32
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 33
1867 - 1925
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Heaviside ranks 666 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernard Lewis (1916), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), E. H. Carr (1892), William Pitt the Younger (1759), Arthur Harden (1865), and Philip Pullman (1946). After him are Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Robert Carlyle (1961), John Gurdon (1933), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), and Stirling Moss (1929).
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 660
1864 - 1892
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 661
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 662
1759 - 1806
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 663
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 664
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 665
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 666
1473 - 1541
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 667
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 668
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 669
1809 - 1898
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 670
1005 - 1057
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 671
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 672
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Oliver Heaviside ranks 14. Before him are John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), Andrew Wiles (1953), and Brook Taylor (1685). After him are Robert Grosseteste (1175), William Oughtred (1574), Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), and Colin Maclaurin (1698).
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 8
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 9
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 11
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 13
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 14
1175 - 1253
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 15
1574 - 1660
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 16
1821 - 1895
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 17
1814 - 1897
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 18
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 19
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 20