1710 - 1761
Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 – 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Simpson has received more than 74,348 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Thomas Simpson is the 219th most popular mathematician (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 973rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Thomas Simpson ranks 219 out of 828. Before him are Lars Ahlfors, Mary Jackson, Paolo Ruffini, Xu Guangqi, Michel Chasles, and Henry Briggs. After him are Menaechmus, Piet Hein, Helge von Koch, Alfred Korzybski, Maria Reiche, and Seki Takakazu.
1907 - 1996
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 213
1921 - 2005
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 214
1765 - 1822
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 215
1562 - 1633
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 216
1793 - 1880
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 217
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 218
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 219
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 220
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 221
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 222
1879 - 1950
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 223
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 224
1642 - 1708
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 225
Among people born in 1710, Thomas Simpson ranks 7. Before him are Louis XV of France, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, and Domenico Alberti. After him are Thomas Reid, Thomas Arne, András Hadik, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, William Cullen, and Mohammed ben Abdallah. Among people deceased in 1761, Thomas Simpson ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Bayes, Samuel Richardson, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Pieter van Musschenbroek, and Stephen Hales. After him are Tarabai, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Tokugawa Ieshige, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, and John Dollond.
1710 - 1774
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 1
1710 - 1736
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 2
1710 - 1771
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 3
1710 - 1784
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 4
1710 - 1765
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 5
1710 - 1746
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 6
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 7
1710 - 1796
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 8
1710 - 1778
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 9
1710 - 1790
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 10
1710 - 1770
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 11
1710 - 1790
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 12
1710 - 1790
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 13
1702 - 1761
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 1
1689 - 1761
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 2
1745 - 1761
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 3
1692 - 1761
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 4
1677 - 1761
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 5
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 6
1675 - 1761
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 7
1700 - 1761
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 8
1712 - 1761
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 9
1700 - 1761
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 10
1684 - 1761
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 11
1706 - 1761
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Simpson ranks 1,092 out of 6,924. Before him are Frank Lloyd (1886), Barbara Cartland (1901), Henry Briggs (1561), Martin Evans (1941), Smithson Tennant (1761), and Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451). After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Keira Knightley (1985), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), William the Lion (1142), and Harriet Taylor Mill (1807).
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,086
1901 - 2000
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,087
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,088
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,089
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,090
1451 - 1476
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,091
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,092
1897 - 1978
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,093
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,094
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 1,095
1916 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 1,096
1142 - 1214
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,097
1807 - 1858
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,098
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Simpson ranks 23. Before him are Arthur Cayley (1821), Michael Atiyah (1929), James Gregory (1638), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Colin Maclaurin (1698), and Henry Briggs (1561). After him are William Jones (1675), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), George Atwood (1745), Robert Recorde (1512), John Graunt (1620), and Alan Baker (1939).
1821 - 1895
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 17
1929 - 2019
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 18
1638 - 1675
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 19
1885 - 1977
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 20
1698 - 1746
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 21
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 22
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 23
1675 - 1749
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 24
1195 - 1256
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 25
1745 - 1807
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 26
1512 - 1558
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 27
1620 - 1674
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 28
1939 - 2018
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 29