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Brook Taylor

1685 - 1731

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Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis. Taylor's most famous developments are Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, essential in the infinitesimal approach of functions in specific points. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brook Taylor is the 124th most popular mathematician (down from 111th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Mathematician.

Brook Taylor was a mathematician who is most famous for his work on the calculus of finite differences.

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Among mathematicians, Brook Taylor ranks 124 out of 1,004. Before him are Gabriel Cramer, Christopher Clavius, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Isaac Barrow, G. H. Hardy, and Nicomachus. After him are Jean-Victor Poncelet, Hippocrates of Chios, Paul Ehrenfest, Jacques Hadamard, Lodovico Ferrari, and Maurice René Fréchet.

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Among people born in 1685, Brook Taylor ranks 7. Before him are Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Domenico Scarlatti, George Berkeley, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy. After him are Johann Maria Farina, Jean-Marc Nattier, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, John Gay, Edward England, and Bartolomeu de Gusmão. Among people deceased in 1731, Brook Taylor ranks 3. Before him are Daniel Defoe, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. After him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Frederik Ruysch, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Johann Ludwig Bach, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brook Taylor ranks 631 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Winnicott (1896), Daniel Craig (1968), James Parkinson (1755), A. A. Milne (1882), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), and G. H. Hardy (1877). After him are William Godwin (1756), Gerald Gardner (1884), Trevor Howard (1913), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Walter Raleigh (1554), and Nick Mason (1944).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Brook Taylor ranks 15. Before him are Joan Clarke (1917), John Wallis (1616), George Green (1793), William Oughtred (1574), Isaac Barrow (1631), and G. H. Hardy (1877). After him are Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), John Pell (1611), and G. I. Taylor (1886).

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