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Ismaël Bullialdus

1605 - 1694

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Ismaël Boulliau (French: [buljo]; Latin: Ismaël Bullialdus; 28 September 1605 – 25 November 1694) was a 17th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and Catholic priest, who was also interested in history, theology, classical studies, and philology. He was an active member of the Republic of Letters, an intellectual community that exchanged ideas. An early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo, Ismael Bullialdus has been called "the most noted astronomer of his generation". One of his books is Astronomia Philolaica (1645). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ismaël Bullialdus is the 466th most popular mathematician (up from 532nd in 2019), the 2,935th most popular biography from France (up from 3,500th in 2019) and the 74th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ismaël Bullialdus ranks 466 out of 1,004. Before him are Adriaan van Roomen, Klaus Roth, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luigi Cremona, Nikolai Luzin, and Campanus of Novara. After him are Abraham Fraenkel, August Leopold Crelle, Michael O. Rabin, Eric Temple Bell, Pavel Urysohn, and Charles Julien Brianchon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, Ismaël Bullialdus ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Browne, Semyon Dezhnev, Simon Dach, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. After him are Ferenc Wesselényi, Zhu Yuyue, Antonio Bertali, and Joos van Craesbeeck. Among people deceased in 1694, Ismaël Bullialdus ranks 16. Before him are John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Hishikawa Moronobu, Pierre Puget, Vittoria della Rovere, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Johann Michael Bach. After him is John Michael Wright.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ismaël Bullialdus ranks 2,935 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean du Bellay (1492), Zino Francescatti (1902), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), and Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920). After him are Henri Ernest Baillon (1827), Joseph Achille Le Bel (1847), Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), Érard de la Marck (1472), Charles Nungesser (1892), and Gabriel Voisin (1880).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Ismaël Bullialdus ranks 74. Before him are Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), and Yves Meyer (1939). After him are Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), Albert Girard (1595), Pierre Vernier (1580), Pierre Wantzel (1814), Henri Brocard (1845), and Arnaud Denjoy (1884).

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