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Michael Stifel

1487 - 1567

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Michael Stifel or Styfel (1487 – April 19, 1567) was a German monk, Protestant reformer and mathematician. He was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther. He was later appointed professor of mathematics at Jena University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Stifel is the 303rd most popular mathematician (down from 256th in 2019), the 1,781st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,712th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Michael Stifel ranks 303 out of 1,004. Before him are Abraham Zacuto, Oronce Finé, Simon Newcomb, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Yakov Sinai, and Robert Axelrod. After him are Hillel Furstenberg, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, John Horton Conway, Stephen Smale, Marino Ghetaldi, and John Wilkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Michael Stifel ranks 7. Before him are Pope Julius III, Ismail I, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Bernard van Orley. After him are Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Anna of Brandenburg, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Petru Rareș, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, and Cristóbal de Olid. Among people deceased in 1567, Michael Stifel ranks 6. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Jiajing Emperor, Myeongjong of Joseon, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Anne de Montmorency. After him are Marin Držić, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Girolamo Priuli, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Gómez Pereira, and Estácio de Sá.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 1,781 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), Wilhelm Adam (1877), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), and Friedrich Parrot (1791). After him are Peter Thiel (1967), Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Charles the Child (847), Wolfgang Ketterle (1957), and Walter Stennes (1895).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Zermelo (1871), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Eduard Heine (1821), Edmund Landau (1877), and Adolf Hurwitz (1859). After him are Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), and Felix Bernstein (1878).

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