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Robert Recorde

1512 - 1558

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Robert Recorde (c. 1510 – 1558) was a Welsh physician and mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Recorde has received more than 467,204 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Robert Recorde is the 242nd most popular mathematician (down from 237th in 2019), the 1,157th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,171st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Recorde ranks 242 out of 1,004. Before him are Eduard Heine, Isaac Beeckman, Farkas Bolyai, Johannes de Sacrobosco, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, and Seki Takakazu. After him are John Charles Fields, Joseph Bertrand, Ibn al-Shatir, Simon Newcomb, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and Émile Picard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Robert Recorde ranks 9. Before him are James V of Scotland, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Henry, King of Portugal, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Manco Inca Yupanqui, and Devlet I Giray. After him are Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Diego Laynez, Sibylle of Cleves, Prospero Fontana, Galeazzo Alessi, and Cristoforo Madruzzo. Among people deceased in 1558, Robert Recorde ranks 9. Before him are Mary I of England, Mary of Hungary, Eleanor of Austria, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Clément Janequin, and Reginald Pole. After him are Johannes Bugenhagen, Jean Fernel, Macropedius, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Anna van Egmont, and Caupolicán.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Recorde ranks 1,157 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Steven Gerrard (1980), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), and Alan Watts (1915). After him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Frances Fisher (1952), Robert Fludd (1574), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Bernard Lee (1908), and William the Lion (1142).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Recorde ranks 23. Before him are Arthur Cayley (1821), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), James Gregory (1638), Michael Atiyah (1929), Henry Briggs (1561), and Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195). After him are Thomas Simpson (1710), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), and John Edensor Littlewood (1885).

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