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Isaac Beeckman

1588 - 1637

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Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Beeckman is the 311th most popular mathematician (down from 237th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 238th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Isaac Beeckman ranks 311 out of 1,004. Before him are Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, John Horton Conway, Stephen Smale, Marino Ghetaldi, John Wilkins, and Enrico Bombieri. After him are Sergei Novikov, Farkas Bolyai, Abraham Wald, Grigory Margulis, Guo Shoujing, and Alain Connes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1588, Isaac Beeckman ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Marin Mersenne, Constance of Austria, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Marina Mniszech, and Henri, Prince of Condé. After him are Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Robert Filmer, Pierre Séguier, Jan Janssonius, and Johann von Aldringen. Among people deceased in 1637, Isaac Beeckman ranks 9. Before him are Ben Jonson, Lorenzo Ruiz, Christina of Lorraine, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, and Robert Fludd. After him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Péter Pázmány, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Pierre Vernier, and Theodoor Rombouts.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Isaac Beeckman ranks 276 out of 1,646. Before him are Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), and Nicholas J. Spykman (1893). After him are Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), Wim Hof (1959), Piet de Jong (1915), Philips Wouwerman (1619), and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Isaac Beeckman ranks 4. Before him are L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), Willebrord Snellius (1580), and Gemma Frisius (1508). After him are Willem de Sitter (1872), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Arend Heyting (1898), and Jacobus Golius (1596).

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