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Guillaume Postel

1510 - 1581

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Guillaume Postel (25 March 1510 – 6 September 1581) was a French linguist, Orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer. Born in the village of Barenton in Normandy, Postel made his way to Paris to further his education. While studying at the Collège Sainte-Barbe, he became acquainted with Ignatius of Loyola and many of the men who would become the founders of the Society of Jesus, retaining a lifelong affiliation with them. He entered Rome in the novitiate of the Jesuits in March 1544, but left on December 9, 1545 before making religious vows. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Postel is the 379th most popular mathematician (down from 333rd in 2019), the 2,424th most popular biography from France (down from 2,363rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Guillaume Postel ranks 379 out of 1,004. Before him are Vladimir Drinfeld, Michael Maestlin, László Lovász, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, John Milnor, and Raymond Smullyan. After him are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Thomas Heath, Marshall Harvey Stone, Louis Nirenberg, Thomas Simpson, and Ivan Vinogradov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Guillaume Postel ranks 21. Before him are Oda Nobuhide, Antonio de Cabezón, Roy Mata, Jean Goujon, Francesco de' Rossi, and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. After him are Bernard Palissy, Margaret Paleologa, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Alonso Mudarra, Andrea Schiavone, and Diego Ortiz. Among people deceased in 1581, Guillaume Postel ranks 7. Before him are Mahidevran, Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Bayinnaung, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Christopher Báthory, and Guru Ram Das. After him are Honoré I, Lord of Monaco, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Louis Bertrand, Duchess Sabine of Württemberg, Frans Pourbus the Elder, and Edmund Campion.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Postel ranks 2,424 out of 6,770. Before him are Sophie Calle (1953), Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Abbo of Fleury (945), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), and William I of Provence (950). After him are Julian the Hospitaller (700), Étienne Jodelle (1532), Yvan Goll (1891), Claude Goudimel (1514), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), and Saint Martial (300).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Guillaume Postel ranks 64. Before him are Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), René-Louis Baire (1874), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Paul Émile Appell (1855), Antoine Gombaud (1607), and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581). After him are Philippe de La Hire (1640), Jean Dieudonné (1906), Christian Kramp (1760), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Gilles de Roberval (1602), and Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678).

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