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John Wilkins

1614 - 1672

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John Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He was a polymath, although not one of the most important scientific innovators of the period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wilkins is the 309th most popular mathematician (down from 267th in 2019), the 1,510th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,299th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Wilkins ranks 309 out of 1,004. Before him are Michael Stifel, Hillel Furstenberg, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, John Horton Conway, Stephen Smale, and Marino Ghetaldi. After him are Enrico Bombieri, Isaac Beeckman, Sergei Novikov, Farkas Bolyai, Abraham Wald, and Grigory Margulis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, John Wilkins ranks 4. Before him are Jahanara Begum, Franciscus Sylvius, and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. After him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, Henry More, Martino Martini, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Michał Boym, Juan Carreño de Miranda, and Élisabeth de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1672, John Wilkins ranks 8. Before him are John II Casimir Vasa, Johan de Witt, Franciscus Sylvius, Peter Stuyvesant, Pedro Calungsod, and Al-Rashid of Morocco. After him are Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adriaen van de Velde, Adil Giray, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Pierre Séguier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkins ranks 1,510 out of 8,785. Before him are John Horton Conway (1937), John Blow (1649), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Helen McCrory (1968), and Maurice Wilkes (1913). After him are Arnold Jackson (1891), Gildas (500), Steve McQueen (1969), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Peter Green (1946), and Clarke Abel (1780).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Wilkins ranks 35. Before him are Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), George Atwood (1745), and John Horton Conway (1937). After him are Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), Thomas Heath (1861), and Thomas Simpson (1710).

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