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George Salmon

1819 - 1904

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George Salmon (25 September 1819 – 22 January 1904) was a distinguished and influential Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian. After working in algebraic geometry for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology. His entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin, having served as the 32nd Provost of the university from 1888 to 1904. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Salmon is the 787th most popular mathematician (up from 870th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 279th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Salmon ranks 787 out of 1,004. Before him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Yuri Linnik, Frank Morley, Giuseppe Vitali, Daniel Lewin, and Wendelin Werner. After him are Dmitry Grave, Vladimir Voevodsky, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Rudy Rucker, Maryna Viazovska, and Alicia Boole Stott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, George Salmon ranks 87. Before him are Julia Ward Howe, Jean-Augustin Barral, James Spriggs Payne, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and Joseph Bazalgette. After him are Ion Emanuel Florescu, Narcyza Żmichowska, William Powell Frith, William Muir, Alexandru G. Golescu, and Alexander Melville Bell. Among people deceased in 1904, George Salmon ranks 84. Before him are Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, Manuel Candamo, Marcus Goldman, Frederick Sandys, Miltiadis Gouskos, and Princess Marie of Hanover. After him are Otto von Böhtlingk, Richard Knill Freeman, Andrei Ryabushkin, Nikiforos Lytras, Martin Johnson Heade, and Isaac Roberts.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Salmon ranks 240 out of 549. Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Richard Kirwan (1733), Michael William Balfe (1808), and Henry Kellett (1806). After him are Michael McElhatton (1963), Lena Rice (1866), Ronnie Drew (1934), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ireland

Among mathematicians born in Ireland, George Salmon ranks 4. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620). After him are Alicia Boole Stott (1860), and Henry John Stephen Smith (1826).

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