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Roger Cotes

1682 - 1716

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Roger Cotes (10 July 1682 – 5 June 1716) was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also invented the quadrature formulas known as Newton–Cotes formulas, and made a geometric argument that can be interpreted as a logarithmic version of Euler's formula. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Cotes has received more than 237,518 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roger Cotes is the 460th most popular mathematician (down from 369th in 2019), the 2,237th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,830th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Roger Cotes ranks 460 out of 823. Before him are Auguste Kerckhoffs, John Hadley, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Thomas Bradwardine, Geminus, and Pierre Fatou. After him are Maryam Mirzakhani, Whitfield Diffie, Adam Ries, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Hypsicles, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Roger Cotes ranks 15. Before him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Jan van Huysum, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Jean-François Dandrieu, and John Hadley. After him are Johann Jacob Bach, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Shahu I. Among people deceased in 1716, Roger Cotes ranks 10. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Ogata Kōrin, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, and Anthim the Iberian. After him are Charles de La Fosse, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, and William Wycherley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Cotes ranks 2,237 out of 7,765. Before him are George Albert Smith (1864), Prasutagus (50), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), George Romney (1734), Rachel Ward (1957), and Miriam Margolyes (1941). After him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Nick Hornby (1957), Adam Clayton (1960), Anthony Quayle (1913), and Llywelyn the Great (1173).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Roger Cotes ranks 45. Before him are James Stirling (1692), David Cox (1924), Ernest William Brown (1866), Thomas Wright (1711), John Hadley (1682), and Thomas Bradwardine (1300). After him are Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Eric Temple Bell (1883), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), John Pell (1611), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903).

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