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William Whiston

1667 - 1752

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William Whiston (9 December 1667 – 22 August 1752) was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. He is now probably best known for helping to instigate the Longitude Act in 1714 (and his attempts to win the rewards that it promised) and his important translations of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus (which are still in print). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Whiston has received more than 243,588 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. William Whiston is the 699th most popular mathematician (down from 623rd in 2019), the 3,531st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,028th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Whiston ranks 699 out of 823Before him are Dmitry Grave, Annie S. D. Maunder, Stanisław Mazur, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Joseph Diez Gergonne, and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt. After him are Carl Størmer, William Shanks, Hilda Geiringer, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Daniel Quillen, and Alexander Ostrowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1667, William Whiston ranks 23Before him are Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, Pietro Ottoboni, Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and John Arbuthnot.  Among people deceased in 1752, William Whiston ranks 14Before him are Joseph Butler, Jean François de Troy, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Pietro Grimani, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Daniel Marot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Whiston ranks 3,531 out of 7,765Before him are Margery Allingham (1904), Pete Doherty (1979), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), John Lyly (1554), Leo Sayer (1948), and Helen Fielding (1958). After him are Roy Jenkins (1920), Matt Monro (1930), Arthur Bliss (1891), Anita Roddick (1942), M. R. James (1862), and Nicholas Ridley (1500).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Whiston ranks 76Before him are Paul Bernays (1888), David Gregory (1659), Max Newman (1897), Lady Byron (1792), Peter Tait (1831), and Annie S. D. Maunder (1868). After him are William Shanks (1812), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), Douglas Hartree (1897), E. T. Whittaker (1873), William Henry Young (1863), and Benjamin Robins (1707).