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Ernest William Brown

1866 - 1938

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Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 – 22 July 1938) was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest William Brown is the 521st most popular mathematician (up from 569th in 2019), the 2,499th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,596th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ernest William Brown ranks 521 out of 1,004. Before him are Hilda Geiringer, Hypsicles, Pierre François Verhulst, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Viktor Sadovnichiy, and Endre Szemerédi. After him are Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Henri Brocard, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Dennis Sullivan, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, and David Mumford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Ernest William Brown ranks 74. Before him are Stamata Revithi, Władysław Podkowiński, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Wakatsuki Reijirō, Carlos Schwabe, and Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera. After him are Alexey Troitsky, Julian Marchlewski, Erik Ivar Fredholm, J. M. E. McTaggart, Mario García Menocal, and George Minne. Among people deceased in 1938, Ernest William Brown ranks 118. Before him are George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Rudolf Stammler, Aleksandar Malinov, Hans Litten, Gösta Ekman, and Pavel Dybenko. After him are Lady Ottoline Morrell, Ramón Franco, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Lampião, Florence Lawrence, and Oscar Dessomville.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest William Brown ranks 2,500 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Asher (1946), Roger Bannister (1929), Colin Groves (1942), Sadiq Khan (1970), Alfred Ewing (1855), and Robert Brown (1921). After him are Charlotte Smith (1749), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), William Etty (1787), Josephine Butler (1828), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), and Alfred Edwards (1850).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Ernest William Brown ranks 56. Before him are William Sealy Gosset (1876), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), James Stirling (1692), Ian Stewart (1945), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), and Thomas Bradwardine (1300). After him are David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), William Whiston (1667), Joseph Raphson (1648), and Thomas Wright (1711).

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