MATHEMATICIAN

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt

1798 - 1867

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt

Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (24 January 1798 – 1 June 1867) was a German mathematician who used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Georg Christian von Staudt is the 692nd most popular mathematician (down from 674th in 2019), the 4,228th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,275th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt ranks 692 out of 1,004. Before him are Friedrich Waismann, Roy Kerr, Jerzy Różycki, Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, Helena Rasiowa, and William Kahan. After him are Charles Dupin, Avi Wigderson, Joseph Keller, Paul Bernays, Elias M. Stein, and Carl Størmer.

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Friedrich Waismann
1896 - 1959
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 686
Roy Kerr
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 687
Jerzy Różycki
1909 - 1942
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 688
Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
1768 - 1832
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 689
Helena Rasiowa
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 690
William Kahan
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 691
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt
1798 - 1867
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 692
Charles Dupin
1784 - 1873
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 693
Avi Wigderson
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 694
Joseph Keller
1923 - 2016
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 695
Paul Bernays
1888 - 1977
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 696
Elias M. Stein
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 697
Carl Størmer
1874 - 1957
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 698

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt ranks 42. Before him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Anton Delvig, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, and Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui. After him are Willibald Alexis, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, Karl von Holtei, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, and Jacques Bernard Hombron. Among people deceased in 1867, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt ranks 47. Before him are Santiago Derqui, Benoît Fourneyron, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Alexander Petrov, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, and José Mariano Salas. After him are Artur Grottger, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Charles John Andersson, Ignatius Brianchaninov, and Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac.

Others Born in 1798

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Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
BIOLOGIST
1798 - 1868
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 36
Sophronius IV of Alexandria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1798 - 1899
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 37
Anton Delvig
WRITER
1798 - 1831
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 38
Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling
BIOLOGIST
1798 - 1875
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 39
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
PHILOSOPHER
1798 - 1854
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 40
Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui
ECONOMIST
1798 - 1854
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 41
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt
MATHEMATICIAN
1798 - 1867
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 42
Willibald Alexis
WRITER
1798 - 1871
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 43
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
PHYSICIAN
1798 - 1850
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 44
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1857
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 45
Karl von Holtei
WRITER
1798 - 1880
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 46
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1878
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 47
Jacques Bernard Hombron
EXPLORER
1798 - 1852
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 48

Others Deceased in 1867

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Santiago Derqui
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1867
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 41
Benoît Fourneyron
ENGINEER
1802 - 1867
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 42
Mohammad Afzal Khan
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1867
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 43
Alexander Petrov
CHESS PLAYER
1799 - 1867
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 44
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
MUSICIAN
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 45
José Mariano Salas
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1867
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 46
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt
MATHEMATICIAN
1798 - 1867
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 47
Artur Grottger
PAINTER
1837 - 1867
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 48
Albert Auguste Perdonnet
ENGINEER
1801 - 1867
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 49
Karl Ferdinand Sohn
PAINTER
1805 - 1867
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 50
Charles John Andersson
EXPLORER
1827 - 1867
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 51
Ignatius Brianchaninov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1807 - 1867
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 52
Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1778 - 1867
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 53

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt ranks 4,230 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Schmidt (1899), Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Henriette Herz (1764), Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Max Lange (1832), and Emanuel Geibel (1815). After him are Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), Georg von Habsburg (1964), Hans Zender (1936), Alfred Abel (1879), and James Krüss (1926).

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Paul Schmidt
DIPLOMAT
1899 - 1970
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 4,224
Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1811 - 1877
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,225
Henriette Herz
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1764 - 1847
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,226
Karl-Heinz Körbel
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,227
Max Lange
WRITER
1832 - 1899
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,228
Emanuel Geibel
WRITER
1815 - 1884
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,229
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt
MATHEMATICIAN
1798 - 1867
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,230
Ingrid Gulbin
ATHLETE
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,231
Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern
NOBLEMAN
1417 - 1480
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,232
Georg von Habsburg
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,233
Hans Zender
CONDUCTOR
1936 - 2019
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,234
Alfred Abel
ACTOR
1879 - 1937
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,235
James Krüss
WRITER
1926 - 1997
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,236