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Adriaan van Roomen

1561 - 1615

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Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 – 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As a mathematician he worked in algebra, trigonometry and geometry; and on the decimal expansion of pi. He solved the Problem of Apollonius using a new method that involved intersecting hyperbolas. He also wrote on the Gregorian calendar reform. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adriaan van Roomen is the 460th most popular mathematician, the 376th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 416th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 460 out of 1,004. Before him are Sam Loyd, William Jones, Enrico Betti, Mary Cartwright, Vladimir Smirnov, and Johann Friedrich Pfaff. After him are Klaus Roth, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luigi Cremona, Nikolai Luzin, Campanus of Novara, and Ismaël Bullialdus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 12. Before him are Henry Briggs, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Ii Naomasa, Thomas Fincke, and Fukushima Masanori. After him are Philippe van Lansberge, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Mary Sidney, and Basilius Besler. Among people deceased in 1615, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 14. Before him are Heo Jun, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, and Pieter Both. After him are Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Lady Arbella Stuart, and Melchior Vulpius.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 376 out of 1,190. Before him are Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Jan Wildens (1586), Freddy Maertens (1952), Paul Anspach (1882), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), and Gaston Reiff (1921). After him are Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), Jean Ray (1887), Stradanus (1523), André Delvaux (1926), Giaches de Wert (1535), and Franky Vercauteren (1956).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 6. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Pierre Deligne (1944), and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866). After him are Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Ingrid Daubechies (1954), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), David Ruelle (1935), Jean Bourgain (1954), and Elias M. Stein (1931).

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