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Pedro Nunes

1502 - 1577

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Pedro Nunes (Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈnunɨʃ]; Latin: Petrus Nonius; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nunes is best known for being the first to approach navigation and cartography with mathematical tools. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome (a rhumb line), and was the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius (from which the Vernier scale was derived), named after his Latin surname. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Nunes is the 221st most popular mathematician (down from 200th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 100th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Mathematician.

Pedro Nunes was a mathematician and astronomer. He is most famous for his work in astronomy, including his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" which was the first to propose that the Earth moves around the sun.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pedro Nunes ranks 221 out of 1,004. Before him are Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Pierre Bouguer, Thomas Abbt, Hermann Schwarz, and Robert Aumann. After him are Laurent Schwartz, Martin Kutta, Tullio Levi-Civita, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Antoine Augustin Cournot, and Pierre Varignon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Pedro Nunes ranks 10. Before him are John III of Portugal, La Malinche, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Miguel López de Legazpi, and Thomas Tallis. After him are Heinrich Aldegrever, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Damião de Góis, Susanna of Bavaria, and Barthel Beham. Among people deceased in 1577, Pedro Nunes ranks 4. Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, and Devlet I Giray. After him are Andrea Amati, Anna of Saxony, Şah Sultan, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Scipione Rebiba, Alvise I Mocenigo, and Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Nunes ranks 106 out of 633. Before him are Berengaria of Portugal (1198), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Sérgio Conceição (1974), and Nani (1986). After him are Rui Costa (1972), Rúben Amorim (1985), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), Joan of Portugal (1439), and Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Portugal

Among mathematicians born in Portugal, Pedro Nunes ranks 1. 

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