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Peter Barlow

1776 - 1862

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Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 – 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Barlow is the 401st most popular mathematician (down from 345th in 2019), the 1,978th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Barlow ranks 401 out of 1,004. Before him are Qin Jiushao, Theon of Smyrna, Thomas Fincke, Philippe de La Hire, Bhāskara I, and Rolf Nevanlinna. After him are Anders Johan Lexell, Sal Khan, Karl Menger, Jean Dieudonné, Christian Kramp, and Johann Benedict Listing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Peter Barlow ranks 21. Before him are Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Simon Fraser, and Vasily Tropinin. After him are Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Friedrich Stromeyer, Jean Lafitte, Joseph Görres, Vasily Golovnin, and Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus. Among people deceased in 1862, Peter Barlow ranks 26. Before him are Ludwig Uhland, Jeanne Duval, Johann Nestroy, Simon Fraser, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. After him are François Sudre, Ignacio Zaragoza, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Barlow ranks 1,978 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), William Paley (1743), Tom Conti (1941), John Rimmer (1878), Kate Moss (1974), and Sam Smith (1992). After him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Unity Mitford (1914), David Yates (1963), and John Mills (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Barlow ranks 43. Before him are John Edensor Littlewood (1885), George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), Thomas Heath (1861), Thomas Simpson (1710), and William George Horner (1786). After him are Edmund Gunter (1581), Roger Cotes (1682), Thomas Henderson (1798), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), and Eric Temple Bell (1883).

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