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Charles Hermite

1822 - 1901

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Charles Hermite (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɛʁˈmit]) FRS FRSE MIAS (24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who did research concerning number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. Hermite polynomials, Hermite interpolation, Hermite normal form, Hermitian operators, and cubic Hermite splines are named in his honor. One of his students was Henri Poincaré. He was the first to prove that e, the base of natural logarithms, is a transcendental number. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hermite is the 131st most popular mathematician (down from 106th in 2019), the 874th most popular biography from France (down from 747th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Mathematician.

Charles Hermit is most famous for being the first person to use a microscope to study living organisms.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles Hermite ranks 131 out of 1,004. Before him are Jean-Victor Poncelet, Hippocrates of Chios, Paul Ehrenfest, Jacques Hadamard, Lodovico Ferrari, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Émile Borel, Theon of Alexandria, Andrew Wiles, Meton of Athens, Liu Hui, and Hermann Weyl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Charles Hermite ranks 14. Before him are Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, and Étienne Lenoir. After him are Edmond de Goncourt, Sa'id of Egypt, Rosa Bonheur, Adelaide of Austria, Midhat Pasha, and Joseph Bertrand. Among people deceased in 1901, Charles Hermite ranks 14. Before him are Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and Li Hongzhang. After him are Milan I of Serbia, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Abdur Rahman Khan, Peter Tait, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Gaetano Bresci.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Hermite ranks 874 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Dora Maar (1907), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Pierre Janssen (1824), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), and Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072). After him are Renée of France (1510), Robert of Molesme (1024), Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), and Antoine Galland (1646).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Charles Hermite ranks 28. Before him are Émile Picard (1856), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Jacques Hadamard (1865), and Maurice René Fréchet (1878). After him are Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Joseph Liouville (1809), Michel Rolle (1652), and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749).

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