MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Henderson

1798 - 1844

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Thomas Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS (28 December 1798 – 23 November 1844) was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, the first to determine the parallax of a fixed star, and for being the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Henderson has received more than 12,601 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Henderson is the 843rd most popular mathematician, the 4,346th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 88th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thomas Henderson ranks 843 out of 1,004. Before him are Tom M. Apostol, William Feller, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Walther von Dyck, and Marshall Harvey Stone. After him are Simon Donaldson, John H. Coates, Marston Morse, I. J. Good, Dmitri Anosov, and Shinichi Mochizuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Thomas Henderson ranks 57. Before him are Ditlev Blunck, Gustav Rose, Melchior von Diepenbrock, Jacques Jasmin, Christoph Gudermann, and José Hilario López. After him are Jacques Bernard Hombron, John Adams Dix, George Don, and William Edmond Logan. Among people deceased in 1844, Thomas Henderson ranks 40. Before him are Johannes van den Bosch, Melchor Múzquiz, José Rondeau, Abel P. Upshur, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, and Gaetano Savi. After him are Thomas Campbell, Sándor Kisfaludy, Domingo Nieto, Charles Bulfinch, and Alexander Porter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henderson ranks 4,346 out of 8,785. Before him are A. V. Dicey (1835), John Gardner (1926), William Henry Dean (1887), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Michael Crawford (1942), and Amina J. Mohammed (1961). After him are Simon Donaldson (1957), Stephen Spender (1909), Conleth Hill (1964), James Corden (1978), Adam Godley (1964), and Malcolm Campbell (1885).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Henderson ranks 88. Before him are Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Frank Morley (1860), Mary Everest Boole (1832), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), Peter Tait (1831), and Annie S. D. Maunder (1868). After him are Simon Donaldson (1957), I. J. Good (1916), Richard Taylor (1962), William Shanks (1812), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), and Thomas Heath (1861).

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