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John Farey Sr.

1766 - 1826

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John Farey Sr. (24 September 1766 – 6 January 1826) was an English geologist and writer best known for Farey sequence, a mathematical construct that is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Farey Sr. is the 1,904th most popular writer (up from 5,195th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,883rd in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Farey Sr. ranks 1,904 out of 7,302. Before him are Frederik Pohl, Anonymus, Jacint Verdaguer, Cristóbal de Morales, E. E. Cummings, and Juhani Aho. After him are Renée Vivien, Robert Faurisson, Archestratus, Victoria Ocampo, Salvian, and Jonas Mekas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, John Farey Sr. ranks 17. Before him are Johanna Schopenhauer, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Maine de Biran, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Dominique Jean Larrey, and Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. After him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, François-Xavier Fabre, Slimane of Morocco, Charles Macintosh, Samuel Frederick Gray, and Robert Darwin. Among people deceased in 1826, John Farey Sr. ranks 24. Before him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Baptist von Spix, Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist. After him are Shaykh Ahmad, Conrad Malte-Brun, François-Joseph Talma, Johann Peter Hebel, Christian Kramp, and Friedrich Krupp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Farey Sr. ranks 1,693 out of 8,785. Before him are Penda of Mercia (606), John Gurdon (1933), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), John Vanbrugh (1664), David Rose (1910), and Frederick Delius (1862). After him are Una O'Connor (1880), Renée Vivien (1877), Edward Balliol (1283), George Young (1946), Henry Cole (1808), and Robert Faurisson (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Farey Sr. ranks 181. Before him are Lucinda Riley (1965), Walafrid Strabo (808), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), John Christopher (1922), Hugh Lofting (1886), and Arthur Machen (1863). After him are Renée Vivien (1877), Robert Faurisson (1929), A. S. Byatt (1936), Mary Norton (1903), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), and James Murray (1837).

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