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Adam Ries

1492 - 1559

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Adam Ries (17 January 1492 – 30 March 1559) was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese. He is known as the "father of modern calculating" because of his decisive contribution to the recognition that Roman numerals are unpractical and to their replacement by the considerably more practical Arabic numerals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Ries is the 544th most popular mathematician (down from 477th in 2019), the 3,363rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,153rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Adam Ries ranks 544 out of 1,004. Before him are Max Dehn, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Jordanus de Nemore, Jean Leray, Terence Tao, and Theodosius of Bithynia. After him are Andrew M. Gleason, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Edward Arthur Milne, Ronald Graham, Geminus, and William Whiston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Adam Ries ranks 12. Before him are Elizabeth Tudor, Andrea Alciato, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Jean du Bellay, and Martín de Azpilcueta. After him is Saadet I Giray. Among people deceased in 1559, Adam Ries ranks 21. Before him are Wen Zhengming, Fatma Sultan, Christina Gyllenstierna, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Kanō Motonobu, and Realdo Colombo. After him is Lorenzo Priuli.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adam Ries ranks 3,365 out of 7,253. Before him are Ricardo Wolf (1887), William I, Margrave of Meissen (1343), John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1677), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614), Carl Graebe (1841), and Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529). After him are Theodor Körner (1791), Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479), Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896), Horst Köppel (1948), Hans Bauer (1927), and Johann Walter (1496).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Adam Ries ranks 65. Before him are Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Henryk Zygalski (1908), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Max Dehn (1878), and Jordanus de Nemore (null). After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), Johann Samuel König (1712), Max August Zorn (1906), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Max Noether (1921), and Carl Adam Petri (1926).

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