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John Hadley

1682 - 1744

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John Hadley (16 April 1682 – 14 February 1744) was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hadley is the 677th most popular mathematician (down from 500th in 2019), the 3,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,330th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Hadley ranks 677 out of 1,004. Before him are William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Harold Hotelling, Abu Said Gorgani, Jan Śniadecki, Pierre-Louis Lions, and Arend Heyting. After him are Jean Bourgain, Thoralf Skolem, Julius Petersen, Nilakantha Somayaji, Egon Pearson, and Edmond Laguerre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, John Hadley ranks 18. Before him are Jacopo Amigoni, Roger Cotes, Jean-François Dandrieu, Jan van Huysum, Johann Jacob Bach, and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and James Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1744, John Hadley ranks 14. Before him are André Campra, Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Antiochus Kantemir, and Johann Heinrich Schulze. After him are Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and Filippo Randazzo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hadley ranks 3,244 out of 8,785. Before him are Ralph Erskine (1914), Michael Berry (1941), Alan White (1949), Mark Sheppard (1964), Andrea Arnold (1961), and Donald Sumpter (1943). After him are May Whitty (1865), Ioan Gruffudd (1973), Kiki Dee (1947), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), N. E. Brown (1849), and Stella McCartney (1971).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Hadley ranks 71. Before him are James Ivory (1765), Douglas Hartree (1897), John Playfair (1748), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Burnside (1852), and Robert Simson (1687). After him are Egon Pearson (1895), Paul Bernays (1888), Benjamin Robins (1707), John Cairncross (1913), David Cox (1924), and Max Newman (1897).

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