MATHEMATICIAN

Robert Simson

1687 - 1768

Robert Simson

Robert Simson (14 October 1687 – 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Simson is the 662nd most popular mathematician (down from 629th in 2019), the 3,194th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,919th in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Simson ranks 662 out of 1,004. Before him are Aleksey Krylov, Olga Taussky-Todd, Michael Artin, Ludwig Schläfli, Oswald Veblen, and Mihailo Petrović. After him are Georg Stiernhielm, Alfréd Rényi, Agner Krarup Erlang, Louis Bachelier, Cesare Arzelà, and Richard Montague.

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Aleksey Krylov
1863 - 1945
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 656
Olga Taussky-Todd
1906 - 1995
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 657
Michael Artin
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.94
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Ludwig Schläfli
1814 - 1895
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 659
Oswald Veblen
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 660
Mihailo Petrović
1868 - 1943
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 661
Robert Simson
1687 - 1768
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 662
Georg Stiernhielm
1598 - 1672
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 663
Alfréd Rényi
1921 - 1970
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 664
Agner Krarup Erlang
1878 - 1929
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 665
Louis Bachelier
1870 - 1946
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 666
Cesare Arzelà
1847 - 1912
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 667
Richard Montague
1930 - 1971
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 668

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, Robert Simson ranks 12. Before him are Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Balthasar Neumann, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, and William Stukeley. Among people deceased in 1768, Robert Simson ranks 16. Before him are Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, François de Cuvilliés, Michel Blavet, and Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin. After him are Princess Louisa of Great Britain, Eggert Ólafsson, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, and George Hadley.

Others Born in 1687

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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
COMPOSER
1687 - 1750
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 6
Balthasar Neumann
ARCHITECT
1687 - 1753
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 7
Johann Heinrich Schulze
PHYSICIST
1687 - 1744
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 8
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1687 - 1763
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 9
Nicolaus I Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1759
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 10
William Stukeley
PHYSICIAN
1687 - 1765
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 11
Robert Simson
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1768
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1768

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Francesco Maria Veracini
COMPOSER
1690 - 1768
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 10
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1691 - 1768
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 11
Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1768
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 12
François de Cuvilliés
ARCHITECT
1695 - 1768
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 13
Michel Blavet
COMPOSER
1700 - 1768
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 14
Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1768
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 15
Robert Simson
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1768
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 16
Princess Louisa of Great Britain
POLITICIAN
1749 - 1768
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 17
Eggert Ólafsson
WRITER
1726 - 1768
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 18
Giuseppe Simone Assemani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1686 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 19
George Hadley
LAWYER
1685 - 1768
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 20

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Simson ranks 3,195 out of 8,785. Before him are Blanche Bingley (1863), Mary Renault (1905), Dick Parry (1942), Lita Ford (1958), Roy Harrod (1900), and E. H. Shepard (1879). After him are Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), Gary Neville (1975), and William Withering (1741).

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Blanche Bingley
TENNIS PLAYER
1863 - 1946
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,189
Mary Renault
WRITER
1905 - 1983
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,190
Dick Parry
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,191
Lita Ford
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,192
Roy Harrod
ECONOMIST
1900 - 1978
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3,193
E. H. Shepard
PAINTER
1879 - 1976
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,194
Robert Simson
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1768
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,195
Teresa Ann Savoy
ACTOR
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3,196
Ken Livingstone
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,197
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1883
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,198
Frederick Abberline
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1929
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 3,199
Gary Neville
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 3,200
William Withering
BIOLOGIST
1741 - 1799
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 3,201