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Abraham Zacuto

1452 - 1515

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Abraham Zacuto (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם בֵּן שְׁמוּאֵל זַכּוּת‎, romanized: Avraham ben Shmuel Zacut, Portuguese: Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto; 12 August 1452 – c. 1515) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian. Born in Castile, he served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal before fleeing to Tunis. His astrolabe of copper, astronomical tables, and maritime charts played an important role in the Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery, being used by both Vasco Da Gama and Christopher Columbus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Zacuto is the 297th most popular mathematician (down from 253rd in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Spain (up from 567th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Zacuto ranks 297 out of 1,004. Before him are Edmund Landau, Hugo Steinhaus, Pierre Deligne, Adolf Hurwitz, Jesse Douglas, and Shing-Tung Yau. After him are Oronce Finé, Simon Newcomb, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Yakov Sinai, Robert Axelrod, and Michael Stifel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1452, Abraham Zacuto ranks 6. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Richard III of England, Girolamo Savonarola, Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Ludovico Sforza. After him are Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Prospero Colonna, Idris Bitlisi, and Davide Ghirlandaio. Among people deceased in 1515, Abraham Zacuto ranks 9. Before him are Aldus Manutius, Meñli I Giray, Alonso de Ojeda, Bartholomew Columbus, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and Mariotto Albertinelli. After him are Barbara of Brandenburg, Barbara Zápolya, Pietro Lombardo, and Giovanni Giocondo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abraham Zacuto ranks 566 out of 3,355. Before him are Tulga (622), Gundemar (600), García Ramírez of Navarre (1110), Theudigisel (500), Estanislau Basora (1926), and Gaspar de Portolá (1716). After him are Alonzo Cano (1601), Ildefonsus (607), Míchel (1963), Josefa de Óbidos (1630), Luis del Sol (1935), and Manuel Marín (1949).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Spain

Among mathematicians born in Spain, Abraham Zacuto ranks 2. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah (1100). After him are Abraham bar Hiyya (1070).

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