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Robert Grosseteste

1175 - 1253

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Robert Grosseteste ( GROHS-test; Latin: Robertus Grosseteste; c. 1168–70 – 8 or 9 October 1253), also known as Robert Greathead or Robert of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents in Suffolk (according to the early 14th-century chronicler Nicholas Trevet), but the association with the village of Stradbroke is a post-medieval tradition. Upon his death, he was revered as a saint in England, but attempts to procure a formal canonisation failed. A. C. Crombie called him "the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford, and in some ways, of the modern English intellectual tradition". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Grosseteste is the 212th most popular mathematician (down from 153rd in 2019), the 1,074th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 724th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Mathematician.

Robert Grosseteste is most famous for being the first person to use the word "scientist" in English. He was also a philosopher, theologian, and scientist.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Grosseteste ranks 212 out of 1,004. Before him are Ibn Sahl, Arthur Cayley, Maria Reiche, Henry Briggs, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Paul Guldin. After him are Piet Hein, Peter Tait, Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Pierre Bouguer, and Thomas Abbt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1175, Robert Grosseteste ranks 8. Before him are Subutai, Andrew II of Hungary, Yolanda of Flanders, Raymond of Penyafort, Agnes of Merania, and Comtessa de Dia. After him are Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, Margaret of Hungary, Michael Scot, Roger III of Sicily, and Frederick I, Duke of Austria. Among people deceased in 1253, Robert Grosseteste ranks 8. Before him are Dōgen, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Theobald I of Navarre, Violant of Hungary, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, and Theodore Komnenos Doukas. After him are Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Henry I of Cyprus, Vykintas, Agnes of Assisi, Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat, and Richard of Chichester.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Grosseteste ranks 1,074 out of 8,785. Before him are Van Morrison (1945), Tom Holland (1996), Fraser Stoddart (1942), Twiggy (1949), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), and Tony Richardson (1928). After him are Peter Benenson (1921), Roger Scruton (1944), Slash (1965), Peter Tait (1831), Thomas Cavendish (1560), and Anne of York (1475).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Grosseteste ranks 26. Before him are John Pell (1611), G. I. Taylor (1886), James Gregory (1638), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Arthur Cayley (1821), and Henry Briggs (1561). After him are Peter Tait (1831), Michael Atiyah (1929), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), and Alan Baker (1939).

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