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George Green

1793 - 1841

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George Green (14 July 1793 – 31 May 1841) was a British mathematical physicist who wrote An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism in 1828. The essay introduced several important concepts, among them a theorem similar to the modern Green's theorem, the idea of potential functions as currently used in physics, and the concept of what are now called Green's functions. Green was the first person to create a mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism and his theory formed the foundation for the work of other scientists such as James Clerk Maxwell, William Thomson, and others. His work on potential theory ran parallel to that of Carl Friedrich Gauss. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Green is the 114th most popular mathematician (up from 366th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,704th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, George Green ranks 114 out of 1,004. Before him are Willebrord Snellius, Paul Cohen, Alexis Clairaut, Grigori Perelman, Ctesibius, and Pierre Louis Maupertuis. After him are Leonid Kantorovich, Alexander Friedmann, William Oughtred, Gabriel Cramer, Christopher Clavius, and Madhava of Sangamagrama.

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Among people born in 1793, George Green ranks 5. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Dost Mohammad Khan, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Karl Ludwig Hencke. After him are Victor of Aveyron, Ján Kollár, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Nana Asmaʼu, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chasles, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira. Among people deceased in 1841, George Green ranks 8. Before him are Johann Friedrich Herbart, Mikhail Lermontov, William Henry Harrison, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, and Caroline of Baden. After him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, Félix Savart, John Forsyth, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Green ranks 588 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), A. J. Cronin (1896), William Petty (1623), Joan of the Tower (1321), Edward the Confessor (1003), and Jack Phillips (1887). After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Margot Fonteyn (1919), William Byrd (1543), Alexander Pope (1688), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), and Christopher Nolan (1970).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, George Green ranks 11. Before him are Alfred North Whitehead (1861), John Couch Adams (1819), Thomas Harriot (1560), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Joan Clarke (1917), and John Wallis (1616). After him are William Oughtred (1574), Isaac Barrow (1631), G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), and Colin Maclaurin (1698).

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