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William Kingdon Clifford

1845 - 1879

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William Kingdon Clifford (4 May 1845 – 3 March 1879) was a British mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour. The operations of geometric algebra have the effect of mirroring, rotating, translating, and mapping the geometric objects that are being modelled to new positions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kingdon Clifford has received more than 318,788 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. William Kingdon Clifford is the 501st most popular mathematician (down from 446th in 2019), the 2,427th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,103rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 501 out of 823. Before him are Louis Bachelier, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, Frigyes Riesz, Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and W. V. D. Hodge. After him are Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Julius Petersen, Roy Kerr, Heinrich Martin Weber, Wilhelm Jordan, and Haskell Curry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 58. Before him are Harriet Backer, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Judith Gautier, Wilhelm von Bode, Jules Cambon, and Gustave Ador. After him are Ulisse Dini, Pál Szinyei Merse, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Gustaf Cederström, Nina Grieg, and Ulises Heureaux. Among people deceased in 1879, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 35. Before him are Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chevalier, Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, and Joseph Poelaert. After him are Joseph Hooker, Miguel Grau Seminario, Anthony Panizzi, Jeanne Jugan, Johann von Lamont, and Jakob Dubs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 2,427 out of 7,765. Before him are Blanche of England (1392), William Nicholson (1753), Patricia Routledge (1929), Josephine Tey (1896), James Whale (1889), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903). After him are John Alcott (1930), Samantha Bond (1961), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Henry Cole (1808), Peter Cheyney (1896), and William Langland (1332).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 52. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Eric Temple Bell (1883), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), John Pell (1611), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903). After him are Henry Dudeney (1857), G. I. Taylor (1886), Egon Pearson (1895), Mary Cartwright (1900), Sydney Chapman (1888), and John Cairncross (1913).

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