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David Gregory

1659 - 1708

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David Gregory (originally spelt Gregorie) FRS (3 June 1659 – 10 October 1708) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and later Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, and a proponent of Isaac Newton's Principia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Gregory is the 814th most popular mathematician (down from 644th in 2019), the 4,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,021st in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, David Gregory ranks 814 out of 1,004. Before him are Leonida Tonelli, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Pyotr Novikov, Eugenio Calabi, Jacob Bronowski, and Ivan Petrovsky. After him are Horace Lamb, Nathan Jacobson, Edward O. Thorp, Mikhail Suslin, William Feller, and Mary Everest Boole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, David Gregory ranks 17. Before him are Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Domenico Gabrielli, Damaris Cudworth Masham, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and William Sherard.  Among people deceased in 1708, David Gregory ranks 21. Before him are Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Nikolai Spathari, François de Laval, and Damaris Cudworth Masham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Gregory ranks 4,274 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Pennant (1726), Roger of Wendover (1200), Ramsey Campbell (1946), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Aneirin (525), and Catherine McCormack (1972). After him are Tommy Green (1894), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Russell Brand (1975), Acker Bilk (1929), Bill Paterson (1945), and Edgar Wright (1974).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, David Gregory ranks 86. Before him are Simon Donaldson (1957), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), John Lennox (1943), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), E. T. Whittaker (1873), and Frank Morley (1860). After him are Horace Lamb (1849), Mary Everest Boole (1832), William Henry Young (1863), William Shanks (1812), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), and Richard Taylor (1962).

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