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John Graunt

1620 - 1674

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John Graunt (24 April 1620 – 18 April 1674) has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. He was bankrupted later in life by losses suffered during Great Fire of London and the discrimination he faced following his conversion to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Graunt is the 362nd most popular mathematician (down from 312th in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,471st in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Graunt ranks 362 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Sijzi, Paul Neményi, Nicholas Mercator, Francesco Maurolico, John Edensor Littlewood, and George Peacock. After him are Paul Émile Appell, Otto Hesse, Alfred J. Lotka, Shiing-Shen Chern, Martin Davis, and Lars Hörmander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, John Graunt ranks 12. Before him are Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and Nicholas Mercator. After him are Isabella Leonarda, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Abraham van Beijeren, Masaniello, François Bernier, and John Evelyn. Among people deceased in 1674, John Graunt ranks 9. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne, Giacomo Carissimi, Nicolaes Tulp, Jan Lievens, Jean Chapelain, and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Leonaert Bramer, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Mehmed IV Giray, Matthias Weckmann, and Ebba Brahe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 1,770 out of 8,785. Before him are Allan Clarke (1946), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), Robert Chambers (1802), Patrick Geddes (1854), and Alexander Mackenzie (1764). After him are John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Paul McGrath (1959), Rosamund Pike (1979), Philip Sidney (1554), and Paul Scofield (1922).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 39. Before him are George Atwood (1745), John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and George Peacock (1791). After him are Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), Peter Barlow (1776), Edmund Gunter (1581), and Roger Cotes (1682).

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