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James Stirling

1692 - 1770

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James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. He also proved the correctness of Isaac Newton's classification of cubic plane curves. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Stirling is the 487th most popular mathematician (down from 472nd in 2019), the 2,345th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,196th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Stirling ranks 487 out of 1,004. Before him are Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, Bruno Abakanowicz, James Waddell Alexander II, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Whitfield Diffie, and Guidobaldo del Monte. After him are Albert Girard, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Pierre Vernier, Otto Hölder, Auguste Kerckhoffs, and Lazarus Fuchs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1692, James Stirling ranks 11. Before him are Louisa Maria Stuart, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Alessandro Albani, and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. After him are Joseph Butler, Dolly Pentreath, and Filippo Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1770, James Stirling ranks 12. Before him are Suzuki Harunobu, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Thomas Chatterton, George Grenville, Jean-Antoine Nollet, and George Whitefield. After him are Martin van Meytens, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, and Christopher Middleton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 2,345 out of 8,785. Before him are Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), William Fox (1812), Alex Turner (1986), and Julian Lennon (1963). After him are Cary Elwes (1962), Cecil Beaton (1904), Chris Bristow (1937), David Stirling (1915), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), and John Hughes (1814).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 52. Before him are Thomas Henderson (1798), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Eric Temple Bell (1883), William Sealy Gosset (1876), and W. V. D. Hodge (1903). After him are Ian Stewart (1945), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Ernest William Brown (1866), David Mumford (1937), and Harold Jeffreys (1891).

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