1546 - 1595
Thomas Digges (; c. 1546 – 24 August 1595) was an English mathematician and astronomer. He was the first to expound the Copernican system in English but discarded the notion of a fixed shell of immoveable stars to postulate infinitely many stars at varying distances. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Digges has received more than 133,582 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Digges is the 613th most popular mathematician (down from 537th in 2019), the 2,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,531st in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Thomas Digges ranks 613 out of 823. Before him are Ludwig Bieberbach, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Jan Śniadecki, Lewis Fry Richardson, Endre Szemerédi, and Al-Nayrizi. After him are David Ruelle, Polyaenus of Lampsacus, Đuro Kurepa, Oswald Veblen, Federico Commandino, and Arthur Moritz Schoenflies.
1886 - 1982
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 607
1781 - 1864
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 608
1756 - 1830
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 609
1881 - 1953
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 610
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 611
865 - 922
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 612
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 613
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 614
340 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 615
1907 - 1993
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 616
1880 - 1960
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 617
1509 - 1575
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 618
1853 - 1928
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 619
Among people born in 1546, Thomas Digges ranks 10. Before him are Heo Jun, Veronica Franco, Bartholomeus Spranger, Takeda Katsuyori, Charlotte of Bourbon, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him is Johann Fischart. Among people deceased in 1595, Thomas Digges ranks 15. Before him are John Hawkins, Thoinot Arbeau, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Pasquale Cicogna. After him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel and Jean de Sponde.
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 5
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 6
1546 - 1582
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 7
1546 - 1582
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 9
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 10
1546 - 1590
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 11
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 9
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 10
1536 - 1595
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 11
1539 - 1595
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 12
1529 - 1595
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 13
1509 - 1595
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 14
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 15
1557 - 1595
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 16
1557 - 1595
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Digges ranks 2,964 out of 7,765. Before him are Francis Hauksbee (1660), Robert Knox (1791), Lee Kerslake (1947), Dawn Addams (1930), Jonathan Penrose (1933), and Brian O'Nolan (1911). After him are Anthony Phillips (1951), Roy Urquhart (1901), Andrew Birkin (1945), Andy Cole (1971), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), and Brian G. Marsden (1937).
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,958
1791 - 1862
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 2,959
1947 - 2020
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 2,960
1930 - 1985
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,961
1933 - 2021
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,962
1911 - 1966
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 2,963
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 2,964
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 2,965
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 2,966
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 2,967
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 2,968
1878 - 1942
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 2,969
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 2,970
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Digges ranks 67. Before him are William Burnside (1852), Edmund Gunter (1581), John Lennox (1943), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), and Lewis Fry Richardson (1881). After him are James Ivory (1765), Robert Simson (1687), Paul Bernays (1888), David Gregory (1659), Max Newman (1897), and Lady Byron (1792).
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 61
1581 - 1626
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 62
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 63
1648 - 1715
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 64
1748 - 1819
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 65
1881 - 1953
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 66
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 67
1765 - 1842
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 68
1687 - 1768
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 69
1888 - 1977
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 70
1659 - 1708
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 71
1897 - 1984
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 72
1792 - 1860
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 73