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Peter Tait

1831 - 1901

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Peter Guthrie Tait (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory. His work on knot theory contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Tait has received more than 6,710 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Peter Tait is the 681st most popular mathematician (down from 642nd in 2019), the 3,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,205th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Tait ranks 681 out of 823. Before him are Suzan Kahramaner, Lipót Fejér, Arnaud Denjoy, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Pierre-Louis Lions, and Kātyāyana. After him are Albert W. Tucker, Svetlana Gannushkina, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Federigo Enriques, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and Stanisław Zaremba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Peter Tait ranks 81. Before him are Edward Routh, Amelia Edwards, Frederick Townsend Ward, Heinrich von Stephan, Fran Levstik, and John Bell Hood. After him are George Nares, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Álvares de Azevedo, Lucy Webb Hayes, Manuel Antônio de Almeida, and Fyodor Bredikhin. Among people deceased in 1901, Peter Tait ranks 69. Before him are Ghevont Alishan, Kate Greenaway, Juan Manuel Blanes, Henry Augustus Rowland, Mariano Ignacio Prado, and Julius Zeyer. After him are Joseph Noel Paton, Friedrich Chrysander, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Konstantin Stoilov, and Ignatius L. Donnelly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Tait ranks 3,374 out of 7,765. Before him are Joanne Whalley (1961), Edith Evans (1888), David Lloyd (1950), Nicholas Clay (1946), William Stukeley (1687), and William Friese-Greene (1855). After him are Gavin Bryars (1943), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), Fred Pentland (1883), Mike Figgis (1948), Anthony Head (1954), and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Tait ranks 74. Before him are James Ivory (1765), Robert Simson (1687), Paul Bernays (1888), David Gregory (1659), Max Newman (1897), and Lady Byron (1792). After him are Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), William Whiston (1667), William Shanks (1812), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), Douglas Hartree (1897), and E. T. Whittaker (1873).

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