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Jost Bürgi

1552 - 1632

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Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jost Bürgi is the 165th most popular mathematician (up from 174th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 111th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

Jost Bürgi is most famous for inventing the mechanical clock.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jost Bürgi ranks 165 out of 1,004. Before him are Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, Ernst Kummer, Sophus Lie, and Vito Volterra. After him are James Joseph Sylvester, Menelaus of Alexandria, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Joseph Bertrand, and Johannes Trithemius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Jost Bürgi ranks 9. Before him are Boris Godunov, Matteo Ricci, Vasili IV of Russia, Lavinia Fontana, Seonjo of Joseon, and Hans von Aachen. After him are Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Henri, Prince of Condé, Pietro Cataldi, and Dom Justo Takayama. Among people deceased in 1632, Jost Bürgi ranks 7. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Sigismund III Vasa, Frederick V of the Palatinate, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Giambattista Basile, and Tokugawa Hidetada. After him are Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Susenyos I, Infante Carlos of Spain, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Valentin de Boulogne.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jost Bürgi ranks 94 out of 1,015. Before him are Alfred Cortot (1877), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), and Jean Tinguely (1925). After him are Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Anna Göldi (1734), François Vatel (1631), and Carla Del Ponte (1947).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Jost Bürgi ranks 5. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Johann Bernoulli (1667), and Gabriel Cramer (1704). After him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), and Johann II Bernoulli (1710).

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