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Henry John Stephen Smith

1826 - 1883

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Henry John Stephen Smith (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory. In matrix theory he is visible today in having his name on the Smith normal form of a matrix. Smith was also first to discover the Cantor set. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry John Stephen Smith is the 954th most popular mathematician (down from 952nd in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 364th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 954 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexander Aitken, Stuart Milner-Barry, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Charles Hutton, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, and Keith Devlin. After him are Alexander Beilinson, David Singmaster, Timothy Gowers, Simon Singh, Alicia Dickenstein, and Bhama Srinivasan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 65. Before him are Sereno Watson, Matvey Gusev, José Eusebio Otalora, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, Emily Blackwell, and John Buford. After him are Dinah Craik, and Varina Davis. Among people deceased in 1883, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 72. Before him are General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, Matthew Webb, William Spottiswoode, John Lawrence LeConte, and Lot M. Morrill.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 369 out of 549. Before him are Claire Keegan (1968), Damien Duff (1979), Barry Keoghan (1992), Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), James Mitchel (1864), and Edward Donovan (1768). After him are Edward Barrett (1877), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), Leo Varadkar (1979), and Lenny Abrahamson (1966).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ireland

Among mathematicians born in Ireland, Henry John Stephen Smith ranks 6. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), George Salmon (1819), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860).

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