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Zhang Heng

78 - 139

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Zhang Heng (Chinese: 張衡; AD 78–139), formerly romanized Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, poet, philosopher, politician, and literary scholar. Zhang Heng began his career as a minor civil servant in Nanyang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Heng has received more than 547,645 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Zhang Heng is the 71st most popular mathematician (down from 62nd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from China (down from 82nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Mathematician.

Zhang Heng was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and geographer during the Han Dynasty. He is most famous for his work in astronomy and mathematics.

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  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Zhang Heng ranks 71 out of 823. Before him are Ludolph van Ceulen, Hermann Minkowski, Jacob Bernoulli, Benoit Mandelbrot, Bhāskara II, and Willebrord Snellius. After him are Katherine Johnson, Urbain Le Verrier, Giuseppe Peano, Andrey Kolmogorov, Richard Dedekind, and Augustus De Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 78, Zhang Heng ranks 1. After him is Kanishka. Among people deceased in 139, Zhang Heng ranks 1. 

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Heng ranks 94 out of 1,392. Before him are Emperor Xian of Han (181), Toghon Temür (1320), Yang Shangkun (1907), Qin Er Shi (-229), An Lushan (702), and Yang Guifei (719). After him are Tongzhi Emperor (1856), Soong Ching-ling (1893), Hua Tuo (200), Qu Yuan (-343), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), and Milarepa (1052).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Zhang Heng ranks 1. After him are Liu Hui (225), Zu Chongzhi (429), Wang Chong (27), Xu Guangqi (1562), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yang Hui (1238), and Zhu Shijie (1249).

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