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William Spottiswoode

1825 - 1883

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William H. Spottiswoode HFRSE LLD (11 January 1825 – 27 June 1883) was an English mathematician, physicist and partner in the printing and publishing firm Eyre & Spottiswoode. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Spottiswoode has received more than 52,176 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Spottiswoode is the 967th most popular mathematician (down from 861st in 2019), the 6,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,239th in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Spottiswoode ranks 967 out of 1,004. Before him are Simon Singh, Béla Bollobás, Harald Helfgott, Krystyna Kuperberg, Alicia Dickenstein, and Irving Kaplansky. After him are Leonid Levin, Philippa Fawcett, Alessio Figalli, Keith Devlin, Eric W. Weisstein, and Grace Alele-Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, William Spottiswoode ranks 93. Before him are R. D. Blackmore, Benjamin Mountfort, Frances Harper, Francis James Child, Henry Heth, and Bayard Taylor. After him are Newton Booth, and Julius Kühn. Among people deceased in 1883, William Spottiswoode ranks 71. Before him are General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, Matthew Webb, John Lawrence LeConte, Peter Cooper, and Henry John Stephen Smith. After him is Lot M. Morrill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Spottiswoode ranks 6,110 out of 8,785. Before him are Paolo Nutini (1987), Nicholas Parsons (1923), Nick Fry (1956), Eoin MacNeill (1867), Ben Miles (1966), and Jacqui Smith (1962). After him are Ricky Whittle (1981), John Robertson (1953), Laurence Rees (1957), Tommy Smith (1945), Felicity Kendal (1946), and Rachel Whiteread (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Spottiswoode ranks 113. Before him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), and Simon Singh (1964). After him are Philippa Fawcett (1868), Keith Devlin (1947), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Ben Green (1977), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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