1560 - 1621
Thomas Harriot (; c. 1560 – 2 July 1621), also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator to whom the theory of refraction is attributed. Thomas Harriot was also recognized for his contributions in navigational techniques, working closely with John White to create advanced maps for navigation. While Harriot worked extensively on numerous papers on the subjects of astronomy, mathematics and navigation, he remains obscure because he published little of it, namely only The Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Harriot has received more than 263,540 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thomas Harriot is the 102nd most popular mathematician (down from 95th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 406th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Mathematician.
Thomas Harriot is most famous for his contributions to the study of optics and astronomy.
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Among mathematicians, Thomas Harriot ranks 102 out of 828. Before him are János Bolyai, Alexander Grothendieck, Josef Stefan, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Leopold Kronecker, and Stefan Banach. After him are Christopher Clavius, John Couch Adams, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Meton of Athens, Edward Norton Lorenz, and Hippocrates of Chios.
1802 - 1860
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 96
1928 - 2014
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 97
1835 - 1893
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 98
1804 - 1851
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 99
1823 - 1891
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 100
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 101
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 102
1538 - 1612
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 103
1819 - 1892
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 104
1788 - 1867
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 105
500 BC - Present
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 106
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 107
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 108
Among people born in 1560, Thomas Harriot ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory and Annibale Carracci. After him are Jacobus Arminius, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Marco Antonio de Dominis. Among people deceased in 1621, Thomas Harriot ranks 5. Before him are Pope Paul V, Philip III of Spain, Robert Bellarmine, and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Michael Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, and Johann Arndt.
1560 - 1614
HPI: 84.27
Rank: 1
1560 - 1609
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 2
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 3
1560 - 1609
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 4
1560 - 1592
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 5
1560 - 1613
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 6
1560 - 1621
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 7
1560 - 1641
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 8
1560 - 1624
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 9
1560 - 1591
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 10
1560 - 1627
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 11
1560 - 1624
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 12
1552 - 1621
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 1
1578 - 1621
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 2
1542 - 1621
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 3
1559 - 1621
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 4
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 5
1562 - 1621
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 6
1590 - 1621
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 7
1571 - 1621
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 8
1560 - 1621
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 9
1577 - 1621
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 10
1574 - 1621
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 11
1555 - 1621
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Harriot ranks 482 out of 6,924. Before him are Emma Thompson (1959), James Callaghan (1912), Wentworth Miller (1972), John Cleese (1939), Vivienne Westwood (1941), and James Hutton (1726). After him are Peter Brook (1925), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Thomas Savery (1650), John Couch Adams (1819), John Bonham (1948), and Austen Chamberlain (1863).
1959 - Present
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Rank: 476
1912 - 2005
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 477
1972 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 478
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 479
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 480
1726 - 1797
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 481
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 482
1925 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 483
1767 - 1820
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 484
1650 - 1715
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 485
1819 - 1892
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 486
1948 - 1980
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 487
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 488
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Harriot ranks 8. Before him are John Napier (1550), Ada Lovelace (1815), George Boole (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), G. H. Hardy (1877), and Isaac Barrow (1631). After him are John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), Brook Taylor (1685), John Horton Conway (1937), Robert Grosseteste (1175), and William Oughtred (1574).
1550 - 1617
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 2
1815 - 1852
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 3
1815 - 1864
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 4
1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 5
1877 - 1947
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 6
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 7
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 8
1819 - 1892
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 9
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 10
1685 - 1731
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 11
1937 - 2020
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 12
1175 - 1253
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 13
1574 - 1660
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 14