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William George Horner

1786 - 1837

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William George Horner (9 June 1786 – 22 September 1837) was a British mathematician. Proficient in classics and mathematics, he was a schoolmaster, headmaster and schoolkeeper who wrote extensively on functional equations, number theory and approximation theory, but also on optics. His contribution to approximation theory is honoured in the designation Horner's method, in particular respect of a paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for 1819. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William George Horner has received more than 117,104 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). William George Horner is the 293rd most popular mathematician (down from 252nd in 2019), the 1,406th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,284th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William George Horner ranks 293 out of 1,004. Before him are Lorenzo Mascheroni, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Michael Maestlin, Pavel Alexandrov, Helge von Koch, and Issai Schur. After him are Yi Xing, Liu Xin, Vergilius of Salzburg, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Kiyosi Itô, and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, William George Horner ranks 21. Before him are Guadalupe Victoria, Chief Seattle, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Kunisada, Ludwig Börne, and François-Édouard Picot. After him are Julius Jacob von Haynau, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Gaspar del Bufalo, Winfield Scott, Giovanni Battista Amici, and Nicolás Bravo. Among people deceased in 1837, William George Horner ranks 20. Before him are Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adam Afzelius, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, 10th Dalai Lama, and Ludwig Börne. After him are Jean-François Le Sueur, Mariano José de Larra, Gaspar del Bufalo, Akbar II, Marguerite Gérard, and John Latham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William George Horner ranks 1,406 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Harry Gregg (1932), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Herbert Pitman (1877), Michael Owen (1979), and James Bruce (1730). After him are Vinnie Jones (1965), William Robert Brooks (1844), Christine McVie (1943), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Geezer Butler (1949), and Duncan Haldane (1951).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William George Horner ranks 30. Before him are Thomas Simpson (1710), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), and John Edensor Littlewood (1885). After him are Alan Baker (1939), John Graunt (1620), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Peter Barlow (1776), George Green (1793), and Roger Cotes (1682).

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