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Radhanath Sikdar

1813 - 1870

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Radhanath Sikdar (Bengali: রাধানাথ শিকদার; 5 October 1813 – 17 May 1870), was an Indian mathematician and social reformer. He is best known for being the first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest, in 1852. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group. In 1854, along with fellow Derozian Peary Chand Mitra, Sikdar founded Masik Patrika, a Bengali journal for the education of the Indian women. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radhanath Sikdar is the 887th most popular mathematician (down from 851st in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from India (down from 735th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Radhanath Sikdar ranks 887 out of 1,004. Before him are James Lighthill, Adele Goldstine, Herman Chernoff, Juliusz Schauder, J. H. C. Whitehead, and Robin Hartshorne. After him are Phillip Griffiths, Erna Schneider Hoover, Richard Brauer, Andrei Okounkov, Yitang Zhang, and Henryk Iwaniec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Radhanath Sikdar ranks 79. Before him are George Alexander Macfarren, Timofey Granovsky, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, John Cassin, George Peter Alexander Healy, and Isaac Pitman. After him are Henry Ward Beecher, John Sedgwick, David Dixon Porter, Lot M. Morrill, John Rae, and Zachariah Chandler. Among people deceased in 1870, Radhanath Sikdar ranks 65. Before him are Joséphine Fodor, Michael William Balfe, Pascual Madoz, John P. Kennedy, Umihana Čuvidina, and David Octavius Hill. After him are Emma Willard, George Henry Thomas, and William Gilmore Simms.

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In India

Among people born in India, Radhanath Sikdar ranks 816 out of 1,861. Before him are Yogi Adityanath (1972), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), S. M. Krishna (1932), J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Sudeep (1973), and Vijay Mallya (1955). After him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), P. T. Usha (1964), M. K. Stalin (1953), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), and Roshanara Begum (1617).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Radhanath Sikdar ranks 16. Before him are Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Harish-Chandra (1923), Kātyāyana (-200), and J. H. C. Whitehead (1904). After him are Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Raman Parimala (1948), and Akshay Venkatesh (1981).

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