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Johannes de Sacrobosco

1195 - 1256

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Johannes de Sacrobosco, also written Ioannes de Sacro Bosco, later called John of Holywood or John of Holybush (c. 1195 – c. 1256), was a scholar, Catholic monk, and astronomer who taught at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introduction to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes de Sacrobosco is the 258th most popular mathematician (down from 239th in 2019), the 1,210th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,122nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johannes de Sacrobosco ranks 258 out of 1,004. Before him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Paolo Ruffini, Theodorus of Cyrene, Constantin Carathéodory, Richard von Mises, and Ibn Yunus. After him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Leo Perutz, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Aristyllus, and Al-Khazini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1195, Johannes de Sacrobosco ranks 4. Before him are Anthony of Padua, Pope Innocent IV, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. After him are Xia Gui, Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, Philip II, Marquis of Namur, and Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1256, Johannes de Sacrobosco ranks 2. Before him is William II of Holland. After him are Peter Nolasco, Sartaq Khan, Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria, Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, Mafalda of Portugal, Michael II Asen, Renaud de Vichiers, Kujō Yoritsune, Kujō Yoritsugu, and Bernhard von Spanheim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johannes de Sacrobosco ranks 1,210 out of 8,785. Before him are Eadgyth (910), Barbara Cartland (1901), Williamina Fleming (1857), Mary Kingsley (1862), William Hague (1961), and Reginald Johnston (1874). After him are Roger Daltrey (1944), William Bligh (1754), Tom Simpson (1937), A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), and Jill Ireland (1936).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Johannes de Sacrobosco ranks 29. Before him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Arthur Cayley (1821), Henry Briggs (1561), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Peter Tait (1831), and Michael Atiyah (1929). After him are Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), George Atwood (1745), John Horton Conway (1937), and John Wilkins (1614).

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