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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde

1735 - 1796

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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French mathematician, musician, and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. He was born in Paris, and died there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde is the 270th most popular mathematician (up from 353rd in 2019), the 1,641st most popular biography from France (up from 2,513th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 270 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Khazini, Eugène Charles Catalan, Lady Byron, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Eduard Heine, and Jean-Robert Argand. After him are Nikolay Bogolyubov, Jabir ibn Aflah, Paul Lévy, Seymour Papert, Robert Recorde, and Lloyd Shapley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 7. Before him are John Adams, Johann Christian Bach, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Crown Prince Sado, François Christophe de Kellermann, and Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne. After him are Ibrahim Bey, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, and John Carroll. Among people deceased in 1796, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Reid, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Robert Burns, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and James Macpherson. After him are Samuel Huntington, Pyotr Rumyantsev, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Daniel Titius, and Adolph Freiherr Knigge.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 1,641 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Bouquet (1925), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Philippe Soupault (1897), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), André Jolivet (1905), and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688). After him are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Gérard Houllier (1947), Vivant Denon (1747), and Claude Gensac (1927).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde ranks 52. Before him are Laurent Schwartz (1915), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Pierre Varignon (1654), Michel Chasles (1793), Henri Cartan (1904), and Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816). After him are Paul Lévy (1886), Édouard Roche (1820), Oronce Finé (1494), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Alain Connes (1947), and Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797).

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