MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Recorde

1512 - 1558

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Robert Recorde (c. 1510 – 1558) was a Welsh physician and mathematician. He invented the equals sign (=) and also introduced the pre-existing plus (+) and minus (−) signs to English speakers in 1557. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Recorde is the 242nd most popular mathematician, the 1,158th most popular biography from United Kingdom 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 1,158 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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