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Edward Waring

1736 - 1798

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Edward Waring (c. 1736 – 15 August 1798) was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death. He made the assertion known as Waring's problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Waring is the 324th most popular mathematician (down from 280th in 2019), the 1,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,348th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward Waring ranks 324 out of 1,004. Before him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Pietro Cataldi, Willem de Sitter, Edward Kasner, Lennart Carleson, and Kunihiko Kodaira. After him are Georg Alexander Pick, Emil Artin, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, René-Louis Baire, Eutocius of Ascalon, and Wilhelm Ackermann.

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Among people born in 1736, Edward Waring ranks 15. Before him are Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, and Anton Graff. After him are Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Patrick Henry, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, and Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch. Among people deceased in 1798, Edward Waring ranks 13. Before him are George Read, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, and Christian Gottlob Neefe. After him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Johann Reinhold Forster, Yuan Mei, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Antoine de Chézy, and Gaetano Pugnani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Waring ranks 1,615 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Alan Shearer (1970), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612). After him are David Byron (1947), Ellie Goulding (1986), Harold Lowe (1882), Betty Boothroyd (1929), Alexander McDonnell (1798), and Stephen Fry (1957).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Waring ranks 36. Before him are Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), George Atwood (1745), John Horton Conway (1937), and John Wilkins (1614). After him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), and William George Horner (1786).

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