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Vergilius of Salzburg

700 - 784

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Virgil (c. 700– 27 November 784), also spelled Vergil, Vergilius, Virgilius, Feirgil or Fearghal, was an Irish priest and early astronomer. He left Ireland around 745, intending to visit the Holy Land; but, like many of his countrymen, he settled in Francia. Virgil served as abbot of Aghaboe, bishop of Ossory and later bishop of Salzburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vergilius of Salzburg has received more than 78,612 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vergilius of Salzburg is the 282nd most popular mathematician (up from 334th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 88th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Vergilius of Salzburg ranks 282 out of 823. Before him are Eugenio Beltrami, John Wilkins, Adolf Hurwitz, Richard S. Hamilton, Guillaume Postel, and Lorenzo Mascheroni. After him are Olga Ladyzhenskaya, John Graunt, Atle Selberg, Guo Shoujing, Peter Barlow, and Yi Xing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Vergilius of Salzburg ranks 23. Before him are Antipope Paschal, Batbayan, Dharmakirti, Artabasdos, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, and Ardo. After him are Sebeos, Marcello Tegalliano, Theodora of Khazaria, Galla Gaulo, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, and Swanachild. Among people deceased in 784, Vergilius of Salzburg ranks 1. After him is Paul IV of Constantinople.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Vergilius of Salzburg ranks 75 out of 501. Before him are Mary Robinson (1944), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Conor McGregor (1988), Kevin Farrell (1947), and J. D. Bernal (1901). After him are Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), James Hoban (1762), and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ireland

Among mathematicians born in Ireland, Vergilius of Salzburg ranks 2. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819). After him are William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), George Salmon (1819), and Henry John Stephen Smith (1826).

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