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Thomas Harriot

1560 - 1621

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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 335,200 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Thomas Harriot is the 104th most popular mathematician (down from 98th in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 448th in 2019) and the 9th 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

Among mathematicians, Thomas Harriot ranks 104 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Isaac Barrow, Grigori Perelman, Joan Clarke, Christian Goldbach, and Willebrord Snellius. After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Charles Hermite, Paul Ehrenfest, John Wallis, Anthemius of Tralles, and Girard Desargues.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Thomas Harriot ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth Báthory, and Annibale Carracci. After him are Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Thomas Cavendish, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Anton Praetorius, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1621, Thomas Harriot ranks 5. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Pope Paul V, Robert Bellarmine, and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria. After him are Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Şehzade Mehmed, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, and Catherine Stenbock.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Harriot ranks 458 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Johnson (1709), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), John Knox (1514), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Bonham (1948), and John Edward Gray (1800). After him are William Adams (1564), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Daphne du Maurier (1907), John Wallis (1616), Edward the Martyr (962), and Joshua Reynolds (1723).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Harriot ranks 9. Before him are Ada Lovelace (1815), George Boole (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), G. H. Hardy (1877), Isaac Barrow (1631), and Joan Clarke (1917). After him are John Wallis (1616), Brook Taylor (1685), John Couch Adams (1819), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), and William Oughtred (1574).

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