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William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker

1620 - 1684

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William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker FRS (c. 1620 – 5 April 1684) was an Anglo-Irish peer and mathematician who served as the president of the Royal Society from 1662 to 1677. Best known for introducing Brouncker's formula, he also worked as a civil servant, serving as a commissioner in the Royal Navy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker has received more than 95,793 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker is the 517th most popular mathematician (up from 582nd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 154th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker ranks 517 out of 1,004. Before him are Otto Hölder, Kushyar Gilani, Hermann Bondi, Peter Lax, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, and Solomon Lefschetz. After him are Polyaenus of Lampsacus, Jai Singh II, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Carl Neumann, Julia Robinson, and Martin Ohm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker ranks 20. Before him are Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Isabella Leonarda, Masaniello, Abraham van Beijeren, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Marguerite Bourgeoys. After him are John Evelyn, Matthew Hopkins, and Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1684, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker ranks 16. Before him are Antoine Gombaud, Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Caspar Netscher, Johann Rosenmüller, Roger Williams, and Maria d'Este. After him are Alvise Contarini, and Gonzales Coques.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker ranks 128 out of 549. Before him are Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751). After him are Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Alan Cunningham (1887), Pat Cox (1952), and Sally Oldfield (1947).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ireland

Among mathematicians born in Ireland, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker ranks 3. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), and Vergilius of Salzburg (700). After him are Alicia Boole Stott (1860), George Salmon (1819), and Henry John Stephen Smith (1826).

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