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Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626

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Edmund Gunter (1581 – 10 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions, which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's quadrant, and the Gunter's scale. In 1620, he invented the first successful analogue device which he developed to calculate logarithmic tangents. He was mentored in mathematics by Reverend Henry Briggs and eventually became a Gresham Professor of Astronomy, from 1619 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Gunter is the 409th most popular mathematician (up from 456th in 2019), the 2,044th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,156th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, Edmund Gunter ranks 409 out of 1,004. Before her are Sal Khan, Karl Menger, Jean Dieudonné, Christian Kramp, Johann Benedict Listing, and Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi. After her are Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Gilles de Roberval, Ernesto Cesàro, Oscar Zariski, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel.

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Among people born in 1581, Edmund Gunter ranks 11. Before her are James Ussher, Peter Claver, Giulia Tofana, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Hendrik Brouwer. After her are Frans Francken the Younger, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Hedwig of Denmark, and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Among people deceased in 1626, Edmund Gunter ranks 16. Before her are Pietro Cataldi, Isabella of Savoy, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Wakisaka Yasuharu. After her are Odoardo Farnese, Théophile de Viau, Salomon de Brosse, John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Malik Ambar, and Edward Alleyn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 2,044 out of 8,785. Before her are Ian Callaghan (1942), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Wat Tyler (1341), John Hume (1937), and Sam Heughan (1980). After her are John Sykes (1959), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Sidney Paget (1860), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Arthur Sullivan (1842), and Alan Smith (1980).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gunter ranks 44. Before her are George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), and Peter Barlow (1776). After her are Roger Cotes (1682), Thomas Henderson (1798), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Eric Temple Bell (1883), and William Sealy Gosset (1876).

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