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John Pell

1611 - 1685

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John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad. He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish. He was also a compeer and correspondent of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Pell is the 176th most popular mathematician (up from 628th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,915th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Pell ranks 176 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Bertrand, Johannes Trithemius, Wang Chong, Jean-Pierre Serre, Vladimir Arnold, and Mary Jackson. After him are Felix Hausdorff, Giambattista della Porta, Zoia Ceaușescu, Edward Norton Lorenz, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, and Étienne Bézout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, John Pell ranks 8. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Evliya Çelebi, Chongzhen Emperor, Johannes Hevelius, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, and Safi of Persia. After him are Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Carlo Rainaldi, Jan Fyt, and Mary Dyer. Among people deceased in 1685, John Pell ranks 6. Before him are Charles II of England, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Emperor Go-Sai, and Adriaen van Ostade. After him are Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Thomas Otway, and Francisco Herrera the Younger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 902 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Harris (1956), Peter Finch (1916), J. L. Austin (1911), John Frederic Daniell (1790), Thomas Savery (1650), and Kenneth Clark (1903). After him are Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Gielgud (1904), Banksy (1970), Anne Conway (1631), John Pople (1925), and Margaret Rutherford (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 20. Before him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Oliver Heaviside (1850), and James Joseph Sylvester (1814). After him are G. I. Taylor (1886), James Gregory (1638), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Arthur Cayley (1821), Henry Briggs (1561), and Robert Grosseteste (1175).

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