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Pierre François Verhulst

1804 - 1849

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Pierre François Verhulst (28 October 1804, in Brussels – 15 February 1849, in Brussels) was a Belgian mathematician and a doctor in number theory from the University of Ghent in 1825. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre François Verhulst has received more than 116,855 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre François Verhulst is the 495th most popular mathematician (down from 434th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 368th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pierre François Verhulst ranks 495 out of 1,004. Before him are René de Saussure, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Johannes de Muris, Joseph Raphson, Stanisław Leśniewski, and Pavel Urysohn. After him are Theon of Smyrna, John Playfair, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Johann Benedict Listing, John Hadley, and Geminus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Pierre François Verhulst ranks 45. Before him are Louise Farrenc, Aleksey Khomyakov, John Gould, Constantin Hansen, Jim Bridger, and Victor Schœlcher. After him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Mariana Pineda, Jules Dupuit, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, and Richard Cobden. Among people deceased in 1849, Pierre François Verhulst ranks 42. Before him are Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Conradin Kreutzer, René Lesson, Dolley Madison, and Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria. After him are Carlo Rossi, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Pavel Chichagov, Andrés Manuel del Río, Filippo Paulucci, and François Habeneck.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre François Verhulst ranks 444 out of 1,190. Before him are Theodoor Rombouts (1597), George Minne (1866), Théophile de Donder (1872), Jan Gruter (1560), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), and Georges Heylens (1941). After him are Perkin Warbeck (1474), Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Gaston Eyskens (1905), Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490), and René Vandereycken (1953).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Pierre François Verhulst ranks 6. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Pierre Deligne (1944), and Adriaan van Roomen (1561). After him are Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), Elias M. Stein (1931), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584).

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