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Peter Tait

1831 - 1901

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Peter Guthrie Tait (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory. His work on knot theory contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline. His name is known in graph theory mainly for Tait's conjecture on cubic graphs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Tait is the 214th most popular mathematician (up from 827th in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,181st in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Tait ranks 214 out of 1,004. Before him are Maria Reiche, Henry Briggs, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Paul Guldin, Robert Grosseteste, and Piet Hein. After him are Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Pierre Bouguer, Thomas Abbt, Hermann Schwarz, and Robert Aumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Peter Tait ranks 27. Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Nadezhda von Meck, Nikolai Leskov, Ilya Ulyanov, and Albert Anker. After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Constantin Meunier, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Isabella Bird, and Siegfried Marcus. Among people deceased in 1901, Peter Tait ranks 18. Before him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, Charles Hermite, Milan I of Serbia, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Abdur Rahman Khan. After him are Adolf Eugen Fick, Gaetano Bresci, Francesco Crispi, Elisha Gray, Josef Rheinberger, and Zénobe Gramme.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Tait ranks 1,078 out of 8,785. Before him are Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Tony Richardson (1928), Robert Grosseteste (1175), Peter Benenson (1921), Roger Scruton (1944), and Slash (1965). After him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), Anne of York (1475), Keith Moon (1946), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Colin Baker (1943), and Pete Townshend (1945).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Tait ranks 27. Before him are G. I. Taylor (1886), James Gregory (1638), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Arthur Cayley (1821), Henry Briggs (1561), and Robert Grosseteste (1175). After him are Michael Atiyah (1929), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), and George Atwood (1745).

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