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E. T. Whittaker

1873 - 1956

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Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker (24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956) was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th century who contributed widely to applied mathematics and was renowned for his research in mathematical physics and numerical analysis, including the theory of special functions, along with his contributions to astronomy, celestial mechanics, the history of physics, and digital signal processing. Among the most influential publications in Whittaker's bibliography, he authored several popular reference works in mathematics, physics, and the history of science, including A Course of Modern Analysis (better known as Whittaker and Watson), Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies, and A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. T. Whittaker is the 780th most popular mathematician (down from 676th in 2019), the 3,977th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,156th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, E. T. Whittaker ranks 780 out of 1,004. Before him are Spiru Haret, Christoph Gudermann, Jacques-Louis Lions, Grace Chisholm Young, Leo Königsberger, and Kenkichi Iwasawa. After him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Yuri Linnik, Frank Morley, Giuseppe Vitali, Daniel Lewin, and Wendelin Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, E. T. Whittaker ranks 163. Before him are Carlos Mendieta, Leo Slezak, Ivan Babushkin, Jānis Endzelīns, Jaap Eden, and Charles P. Dixon. After him are Eduardo Schaerer, Julieta Lanteri, Dimitri Arakishvili, Lucien Mérignac, A. K. Fazlul Huq, and Dimitrios Maximos. Among people deceased in 1956, E. T. Whittaker ranks 169. Before him are René Bougnol, César Espinoza, Max Beerbohm, Augustin Chantrel, Pelageya Shajn, and Frithiof Mårtensson. After him are Pierre Allemane, Marie Juchacz, Nikolai Panin, Fernand Jourdant, Georg Brustad, and Pyotr Konchalovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, E. T. Whittaker ranks 3,978 out of 8,785. Before him are John Derbyshire (1878), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Marc Almond (1957), Nick Land (1962), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), and Richard Bentley (1662). After him are William Hemsley (1843), Ivor Bueb (1923), Jim Marshall (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), and Edward Andrade (1887).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, E. T. Whittaker ranks 84. Before him are William Hopkins (1793), Thomas Digges (1546), Simon Donaldson (1957), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), John Lennox (1943), and Grace Chisholm Young (1868). After him are Frank Morley (1860), David Gregory (1659), Horace Lamb (1849), Mary Everest Boole (1832), William Henry Young (1863), and William Shanks (1812).

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