Mathematician

William Shanks

1812 - 1882

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William Shanks

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Shanks is the 844th most popular mathematician (up from 864th in 2024), the 4,508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,543rd in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, William Shanks ranks 844 out of 1,004. Before him are Harish-Chandra, Marina Ratner, Erich Kähler, Francesco Severi, Wolfgang Krull, and Boris Galerkin. After him are Grigore Moisil, Stanislav Smirnov, Erich Hecke, Laurent Lafforgue, Nikolai Bugaev, and Dmitri Anosov.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

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Harish-Chandra
1923 - 1983
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 838
Marina Ratner
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 839
Erich Kähler
1906 - 2000
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 840
Francesco Severi
1879 - 1961
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 841
Wolfgang Krull
1899 - 1971
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 842
Boris Galerkin
1871 - 1945
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 843
William Shanks
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 844
Grigore Moisil
1906 - 1973
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 845
Stanislav Smirnov
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 846
Erich Hecke
1887 - 1947
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 847
Laurent Lafforgue
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 848
Nikolai Bugaev
1837 - 1903
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 849
Dmitri Anosov
1936 - 2014
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 850

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, William Shanks ranks 72. Before him are Yevhen Hrebinka, Aleardo Aleardi, Nicolae Crețulescu, Bertalan Szemere, Carl Edvard Rotwitt, and Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint. After him are Dragojla Jarnević, Lady Charlotte Guest, George Grey, and John B. Weller. Among people deceased in 1882, William Shanks ranks 74. Before him are James Spriggs Payne, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, William Harrison Ainsworth, and William Barton Rogers. After him are George Perkins Marsh, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Hablot Knight Browne, Francis Maitland Balfour, and Milton Latham.

Others Born in 1812

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Yevhen Hrebinka
WRITER
1812 - 1848
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 66
Aleardo Aleardi
WRITER
1812 - 1878
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 67
Nicolae Crețulescu
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1900
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 68
Bertalan Szemere
WRITER
1812 - 1869
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 69
Carl Edvard Rotwitt
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1860
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 70
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint
WRITER
1812 - 1886
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 71
William Shanks
MATHEMATICIAN
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 72
Dragojla Jarnević
WRITER
1812 - 1875
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 73
Lady Charlotte Guest
WRITER
1812 - 1895
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 74
George Grey
EXPLORER
1812 - 1898
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 75
John B. Weller
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1875
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 76

Others Deceased in 1882

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James Spriggs Payne
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1882
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 68
Charles Wyville Thomson
BIOLOGIST
1830 - 1882
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 69
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff
PHYSICIAN
1807 - 1882
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 70
Ion Andreescu
PAINTER
1850 - 1882
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 71
William Harrison Ainsworth
WRITER
1805 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 72
William Barton Rogers
GEOLOGIST
1804 - 1882
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 73
William Shanks
MATHEMATICIAN
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 74
George Perkins Marsh
LINGUIST
1801 - 1882
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 75
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo
WRITER
1820 - 1882
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 76
Francisco Javier Zaldúa
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1882
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 77
Hablot Knight Browne
PAINTER
1815 - 1882
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 78
Francis Maitland Balfour
BIOLOGIST
1851 - 1882
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 79
Milton Latham
POLITICIAN
1827 - 1882
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 80