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Oliver Heaviside

1850 - 1925

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Oliver Heaviside ( HEH-vee-syde; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English mathematician and physicist who invented a new technique for solving differential equations (equivalent to the Laplace transform), independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His formulation of the telegrapher's equations became commercially important during his own lifetime, after their significance went unremarked for a long while, as few others were versed at the time in his novel methodology. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Heaviside is the 156th most popular mathematician (down from 137th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Mathematician.

Oliver Heaviside was a British mathematician, physicist, and electrical engineer who is most famous for his work in the field of electricity and electromagnetism.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Oliver Heaviside ranks 156 out of 1,004. Before him are Georg von Peuerbach, Vincenzo Viviani, Marian Rejewski, Andrey Markov, Colin Maclaurin, and Michel Rolle. After him are Aloysius Lilius, Autolycus of Pitane, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, and Ernst Kummer.

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Among people born in 1850, Oliver Heaviside ranks 18. Before him are Charles Richet, John Collier, Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Luigi Cadorna, and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton. After him are Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Frances Xavier Cabrini, William Morris Davis, Lafcadio Hearn, and Besarion Jughashvili. Among people deceased in 1925, Oliver Heaviside ranks 29. Before him are Vajiravudh, Félix Vallotton, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Wong Fei-hung, and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. After him are H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Percy Fawcett, Karl Abraham, and Christian Krohg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Heaviside ranks 834 out of 8,785. Before him are Alice Liddell (1852), Nicko McBrain (1952), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Louis Wain (1860), Ian McEwan (1948), and Denis Law (1940). After him are Chris Norman (1950), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Mary Quant (1930), Brian Cox (1946), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), and Ernest Thompson Seton (1860).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Oliver Heaviside ranks 18. Before him are William Oughtred (1574), Isaac Barrow (1631), G. H. Hardy (1877), Brook Taylor (1685), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), and Colin Maclaurin (1698). After him are James Joseph Sylvester (1814), John Pell (1611), G. I. Taylor (1886), James Gregory (1638), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), and Arthur Cayley (1821).

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