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Robert Grosseteste

1175 - 1253

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Robert Grosseteste ( GROHS-test; Latin: Robertus Grosseteste; c. 1168-70 – 8 or 9 October 1253), also known as Robert Greathead or Robert of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents in Suffolk (according to the early 14th-century chronicler Nicholas Trevet), but the association with the village of Stradbroke is a post-medieval tradition. Upon his death, he was revered as a saint in England, but attempts to procure a formal canonisation failed. A. C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Grosseteste has received more than 433,598 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Grosseteste is the 153rd most popular mathematician (down from 135th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 686th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Mathematician.

Robert Grosseteste is most famous for being the first person to use the word "scientist" in English. He was also a philosopher, theologian, and scientist.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Grosseteste ranks 153 out of 1,004. Before him are Zoia Ceaușescu, Andrey Markov, Edward Norton Lorenz, Wang Chong, Joseph Liouville, and Scipione del Ferro. After him are Michel Rolle, Vladimir Arnold, Arthur Cayley, Menelaus of Alexandria, Robert Aumann, and Giambattista della Porta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Robert Grosseteste ranks 6. Before him are Subutai, Andrew II of Hungary, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Raymond of Penyafort, and Agnes of Merania. After him are Comtessa de Dia, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, Michael Scot, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, and Margaret of Hungary. Among people deceased in 1253, Robert Grosseteste ranks 6. Before him are Clare of Assisi, Dōgen, Theobald I of Navarre, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, and Violant of Hungary. After him are Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Henry I of Cyprus, Agnes of Assisi, and Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Grosseteste ranks 724 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenny Dalglish (1951), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Charles Vane (1680), Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), and John Cockcroft (1897). After him are Catherine of Lancaster (1373), Mary Quant (1930), David Hockney (1937), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Deborah Kerr (1921), and Patrick White (1912).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Grosseteste ranks 16. Before him are John Wallis (1616), Brook Taylor (1685), John Couch Adams (1819), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), and William Oughtred (1574). After him are Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), Michael Atiyah (1929), Henry Briggs (1561), and Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195).

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