MATHEMATICIAN

Benjamin Robins

1707 - 1751

Benjamin Robins

Benjamin Robins (1707 – 29 July 1751) was a pioneering British scientist, Newtonian mathematician, and military engineer. He wrote an influential treatise on gunnery, for the first time introducing Newtonian science to military men, was an early enthusiast for rifled gun barrels, and his work had substantive influence on the development of artillery during the latter half of the eighteenth century – and directly stimulated the teaching of calculus in military academies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Robins is the 702nd most popular mathematician (up from 765th in 2019), the 3,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,760th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Benjamin Robins ranks 702 out of 1,004. Before him are Paul Bernays, Elias M. Stein, Carl Størmer, Svetlana Gannushkina, Daniel Quillen, and Joseph-Alfred Serret. After him are Sylvestre François Lacroix, Emil Julius Gumbel, Jacobus Golius, Gladys West, Claude Chevalley, and Federigo Enriques.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Benjamin Robins ranks 17. Before him are Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Charles Wesley, and Johannes Burman. After him are Johann Amman, and Stephen Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1751, Benjamin Robins ranks 25. Before him are Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, János Pálffy, John Machin, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henri François d'Aguesseau, and George Graham.

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Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
NOBLEMAN
1707 - 1745
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 11
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
PHILOSOPHER
1707 - 1746
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 12
Michel Corrette
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1707 - 1795
HPI: 61.16
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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
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1707 - 1777
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 14
Charles Wesley
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1707 - 1788
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 15
Johannes Burman
BIOLOGIST
1707 - 1779
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 16
Benjamin Robins
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1751
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 17
Johann Amman
BIOLOGIST
1707 - 1741
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 18
Stephen Hopkins
POLITICIAN
1707 - 1785
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 19

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Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen
NOBLEMAN
1722 - 1751
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Henri François d'Aguesseau
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1668 - 1751
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Rank: 23
George Graham
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1673 - 1751
HPI: 57.38
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Benjamin Robins
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1707 - 1751
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Rank: 25