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Jean-Étienne Montucla

1725 - 1799

Jean-Étienne Montucla

Jean-Étienne Montucla (5 September 1725 – 18 December 1799) was a French mathematician and historian. Montucla was born at Lyon, France. Career In 1754 he published an anonymous treatise on quadrature, Histoire des recherches sur la quadrature du cercle. Montucla's deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Étienne Montucla is the 559th most popular mathematician (down from 490th in 2019), the 3,397th most popular biography from France (down from 3,292nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean-Étienne Montucla ranks 559 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Nayrizi, Johann Baptist Cysat, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Johann Samuel König, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, and Samuel Eilenberg. After him are Pál Turán, D. R. Kaprekar, Solomon Lefschetz, Isadore Singer, Louis J. Mordell, and Giovanni Battista Zupi.

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HPI: 59.70
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Johann Baptist Cysat
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Samuel Eilenberg
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Jean-Étienne Montucla ranks 23. Before him are Franz Moritz von Lacy, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Guillaume Le Gentil, Arthur Guinness, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, and Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are Joseph Duplessis, Johann Peter Beaulieu, John Wilkes, Francesco Bartolozzi, Charles Townshend, and George Mason. Among people deceased in 1799, Jean-Étienne Montucla ranks 29. Before him are Claude Balbastre, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Patrick Henry, Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, and William Curtis. After him are Giuseppe Parini, Johann Julius Walbaum, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, William Withering, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Alexander Bezborodko.

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Franz Moritz von Lacy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1725 - 1801
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 17
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1790
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 18
Guillaume Le Gentil
ASTRONOMER
1725 - 1792
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 19
Arthur Guinness
BUSINESSPERSON
1725 - 1803
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 20
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1775
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 21
Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
NOBLEMAN
1725 - 1816
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 22
Jean-Étienne Montucla
MATHEMATICIAN
1725 - 1799
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 23
Joseph Duplessis
PAINTER
1725 - 1802
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 24
Johann Peter Beaulieu
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1725 - 1819
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Rank: 25
John Wilkes
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1725 - 1797
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Francesco Bartolozzi
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1725 - 1815
HPI: 57.64
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Charles Townshend
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1725 - 1767
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 28
George Mason
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1792
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 29

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Claude Balbastre
COMPOSER
1724 - 1799
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 23
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
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1715 - 1799
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 24
Patrick Henry
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HPI: 60.58
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Johann Hedwig
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1730 - 1799
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Pierre Pigneau de Behaine
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1741 - 1799
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 27
William Curtis
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1746 - 1799
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 28
Jean-Étienne Montucla
MATHEMATICIAN
1725 - 1799
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 29
Giuseppe Parini
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1729 - 1799
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 30
Johann Julius Walbaum
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1724 - 1799
HPI: 58.42
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Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt
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1731 - 1799
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 32
William Withering
BIOLOGIST
1741 - 1799
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 33
Francesco Mario Pagano
WRITER
1748 - 1799
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 34
Alexander Bezborodko
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1799
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 35

In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Étienne Montucla ranks 3,397 out of 6,770. Before him are Margaret of Foix (1453), Jorge Chávez (1887), Élisabeth Badinter (1944), François de Tournon (1489), Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), and Zacharie Astruc (1833). After him are Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418), Jacques Dupont (1928), Albert Ayat (1875), Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769), Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), and Armand Salacrou (1899).

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Margaret of Foix
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Jorge Chávez
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1769 - 1849
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