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Pierre Varignon

1654 - 1722

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Pierre Varignon (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vaʁiɲɔ̃]; 1654 – 23 December 1722) was a French mathematician. He was educated at the Jesuit College and the University of Caen, where he received his M.A. in 1682. He took Holy Orders the following year. Varignon gained his first exposure to mathematics by reading Euclid and then Descartes' La Géométrie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Varignon is the 227th most popular mathematician (down from 226th in 2019), the 1,404th most popular biography from France (up from 1,593rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pierre Varignon ranks 227 out of 1,004. Before him are Pedro Nunes, Laurent Schwartz, Martin Kutta, Tullio Levi-Civita, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, and Antoine Augustin Cournot. After him are Helge von Koch, Hermann Grassmann, Menaechmus, Karen Uhlenbeck, Abu Nasr Mansur, and Theaetetus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Pierre Varignon ranks 4. Before him are Jacob Bernoulli, Kangxi Emperor, and Emperor Reigen. After him are Pedro Calungsod, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, and Danylo Apostol. Among people deceased in 1722, Pierre Varignon ranks 7. Before him are Kangxi Emperor, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Bartholomew Roberts, John Toland, and Johann Kuhnau. After him are Johann Adam Reincken, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Adriaen van der Werff, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Claude Gillot, and Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Varignon ranks 1,404 out of 6,770. Before him are Arnulf of Metz (582), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), Magnentius (303), Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais (1428), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198), and Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847). After him are B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Dalmatius (350), Jules Chéret (1836), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), and Patrick Depailler (1944).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Pierre Varignon ranks 48. Before him are René Thom (1923), André Weil (1906), Élie Cartan (1869), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Laurent Schwartz (1915), and Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801). After him are Michel Chasles (1793), Henri Cartan (1904), Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Paul Lévy (1886), and Édouard Roche (1820).

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