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Peter Barlow

1776 - 1862

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Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 – 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Barlow has received more than 14,779 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Peter Barlow is the 345th most popular mathematician (down from 287th in 2019), the 1,642nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,471st in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 55.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Barlow ranks 345 out of 1,004. Before him are Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Frank P. Ramsey, Gaston Julia, Gemma Frisius, Johann Radon, and Zhu Shijie. After him are Karl Menger, Jean Dieudonné, Ignazio Danti, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Ernesto Cesàro, and Rolf Nevanlinna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Peter Barlow ranks 18. Before him are Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Simon Fraser. After him are Vasily Tropinin, Jean Lafitte, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Lady Hester Stanhope, Vasily Golovnin, and Friedrich Stromeyer. Among people deceased in 1862, Peter Barlow ranks 23. Before him are Carlos Antonio López, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Simon Fraser, Jeanne Duval, Ludwig Uhland, and Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria. After him are Johann Nestroy, Carl Ludwig Blume, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Justinus Kerner, and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Barlow ranks 1,642 out of 8,785. Before him are Arnold Toynbee (1852), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Helen Allingham (1848), K. K. Downing (1951), David Yates (1963), and Matthew Arnold (1822). After him are John Muir (1838), John Collier (1850), George Grenville (1712), Samuel Wallis (1728), Edward Fox (1937), and Rebecca West (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Barlow ranks 34. Before him are Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), Alan Baker (1939), John Graunt (1620), and Frank P. Ramsey (1903). After him are George Green (1793), Roger Cotes (1682), William Sealy Gosset (1876), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), and Thomas Bradwardine (1300).

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