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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

1848 - 1928

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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (5 November 1848, in Lewisham — 7 December 1928, in Cambridge) was a prominent English mathematician and astronomer. He is known for Glaisher's theorem, an important result in the field of integer partitions, and for the Glaisher–Kinkelin constant, a number important in both mathematics and physics. He was a passionate collector of English ceramics and valentines, much of which he bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Whitbread Lee Glaisher is the 904th most popular mathematician (down from 865th in 2019), the 5,063rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,547th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ranks 904 out of 1,004. Before him are Ruth Moufang, Clifford Truesdell, Claire Voisin, Hjalmar Mellin, Volker Strassen, and Artur Avila. After him are Elon Lindenstrauss, Christine Darden, Armand Borel, Richard Borcherds, David Blackwell, and Mark Kac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ranks 115. Before him are Matthew Webb, Diederik Korteweg, Surendranath Banerjee, Joel Chandler Harris, Albert Parsons, and W. G. Grace. After him are Ivan Yakovlev, Lewis Howard Latimer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louisa Lawson, and B. B. Comer. Among people deceased in 1928, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ranks 117. Before him are Jinzō Matsumura, George Washington Goethals, Bill Haywood, Árpád Tóth, Gyula Kakas, and Edmund Gosse. After him are Antonín Sova, Gonzalo Córdova, George Siegmann, Lewis Howard Latimer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, and Johan Olin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ranks 5,065 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Holmes (1947), Paul Nihill (1939), Samuel Hearne (1745), Richie Hawtin (1970), Matthew Lewis (1989), and Julian Barbour (1937). After him are Jarvis Cocker (1963), Simon Fuller (1960), Cuth Harrison (1906), Robert Smirke (1780), Mehdi Hasan (1979), and Rhodri Morgan (1939).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher ranks 95. Before him are William Henry Young (1863), William Shanks (1812), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Richard Taylor (1962), Richard K. Guy (1916), and I. J. Good (1916). After him are Philip Hall (1904), William Spottiswoode (1825), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), and W. T. Tutte (1917).

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