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Ahmes

1680 BC - 1620 BC

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Ahmes (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty (and of the New Kingdom). He transcribed the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a work of ancient Egyptian mathematics that dates to approximately 1550 BC; he is the earliest contributor to mathematics whose name is known. Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmes is the 241st most popular mathematician (down from 187th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 213th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ahmes ranks 241 out of 1,004. Before him are Michael Atiyah, Callippus, Michel Chasles, Richard S. Hamilton, Giovanni Ceva, and Marcel Grossmann. After him are Ibn al-Shatir, Xu Guangqi, Ernst Zermelo, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Vergilius of Salzburg, and Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680 BC, Ahmes ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1620 BC, Ahmes ranks 2. Before him is Ḫattušili I.

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    Ahmes

    MATHEMATICIAN

    1680 BC - 1620 BC

    HPI: 66.35

    Rank: 1

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    Ḫattušili I

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    1700 BC - 1620 BC

    HPI: 72.93

    Rank: 1

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    Ahmes

    MATHEMATICIAN

    1680 BC - 1620 BC

    HPI: 66.35

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ahmes ranks 229 out of 642. Before him are Alia Al-Hussein (1948), Neferkaure (-2150), Achilles Tatius (200), Antipope Dioscorus (500), Abdel Hakim Amer (1919), and Peter III of Alexandria (500). After him are Al-Musta'li (1076), Peire de Montagut (1200), Herihor (-1200), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901), and Sufi Abu Taleb (1925).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Ahmes ranks 10. Before him are Diophantus (201), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Ctesibius (-284), Theon of Alexandria (335), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850). After him are Ibn Yunus (950), and Hypsicles (-190).

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