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Joseph Raphson

1648 - 1715

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Joseph Raphson (c. 1668 – c. 1715) was an English mathematician and intellectual known best for the Newton–Raphson method. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Raphson is the 574th most popular mathematician (down from 492nd in 2019), the 2,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,299th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Raphson ranks 574 out of 1,004. Before him are Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Benjamin Peirce, Evgraf Fedorov, Max August Zorn, Mark Krein, and Wilhelm Jordan. After him are Gino Fano, Georg Mohr, Max Noether, Francesco Barozzi, Julius Weisbach, and Johannes de Muris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Joseph Raphson ranks 13. Before him are Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Johann Michael Bach, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Arabella Churchill, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and René de Froulay de Tessé. After him are Devlet II Giray, Tommaso Ceva, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway. Among people deceased in 1715, Joseph Raphson ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Savery, Mirwais Hotak, François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, and Nicolas Lemery. After him are Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Nahum Tate.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Raphson ranks 2,760 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), James Whale (1889), William Bayliss (1860), Kyle Walker (1990), Quentin Skinner (1940), and Edith Durham (1863). After him are Asser (900), Iain Banks (1954), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Paul Hunter (1978), Bob Peck (1945), and Agnes Arber (1879).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Raphson ranks 61. Before him are Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Ernest William Brown (1866), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), and William Whiston (1667). After him are Thomas Wright (1711), Henry Dudeney (1857), Sydney Chapman (1888), James Ivory (1765), Douglas Hartree (1897), and John Playfair (1748).

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