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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 445,558 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Robert Recorde is the 237th most popular mathematician (up from 239th in 2019), the 1,175th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,193rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 34

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  • 5.62

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  • 3.16

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Recorde ranks 237 out of 823. Before him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Giovanni Ceva, Édouard Roche, Al-Khazini, Johannes de Sacrobosco, and Émile Picard. After him are Michel Chasles, Eduard Heine, Joseph Petzval, Alfred Korzybski, Leo Perutz, and Ibn al-Shatir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Robert Recorde ranks 9. Before him are James V of Scotland, Henry, King of Portugal, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Niccolò dell'Abbate, and Devlet I Giray. After him are Diego Laynez, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Sibylle of Cleves, Prospero Fontana, Marcin Kromer, and Galeazzo Alessi. 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, Anna van Egmont, Macropedius, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, and Caupolicán.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Recorde ranks 1,175 out of 7,765. Before him are Bob Paisley (1919), James Lind (1716), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Frank Lloyd (1886), Alice Keppel (1868), and Stephen Fry (1957). After him are James Mirrlees (1936), Chris Patten (1944), Peter Collins (1931), Edward Bach (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Recorde ranks 25. Before him are James Gregory (1638), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Michael Atiyah (1929), Henry Briggs (1561), John Horton Conway (1937), and Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195). After him are George Atwood (1745), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), John Wilkins (1614), John Graunt (1620), and Peter Barlow (1776).

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