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Simon von Stampfer

1790 - 1864

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Simon Ritter von Stampfer (26 October 1792 (according to other sources 1790)), in Windisch-Mattrai, Archbishopric of Salzburg, today called Matrei in Osttirol, Tyrol – 10 November 1864 in Vienna) was an Austrian mathematician, surveyor and inventor. His most famous invention is that of the stroboscopic disk which has a claim to be the first device to show moving images. Almost simultaneously, a similar device was developed in Belgium (the phenakistiscope). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon von Stampfer is the 494th most popular mathematician (up from 540th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from Austria (up from 678th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Simon von Stampfer ranks 494 out of 1,004. Before him are Albert Girard, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Pierre Vernier, Otto Hölder, Auguste Kerckhoffs, and Lazarus Fuchs. After him are Friedrich Hirzebruch, Stephen Cole Kleene, Pierre Wantzel, Aleksandr Khinchin, Friedrich Robert Helmert, and Issai Schur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Simon von Stampfer ranks 26. Before him are Jean René Constant Quoy, Karol Lipiński, Keisai Eisen, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, and Ferdinand Raimund. After him are Letitia Christian Tyler, Juan Álvarez, Manuel Blanco Encalada, William Smith, Johann Jakob Heckel, and Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger. Among people deceased in 1864, Simon von Stampfer ranks 45. Before him are Anton Schindler, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Charles Julien Brianchon, Heinrich Rose, Imre Madách, and Sakuma Shōzan. After him are Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Luke Howard, Pedro Santana, Simonas Daukantas, Romuald Traugutt, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Simon von Stampfer ranks 604 out of 1,424. Before him are Theodor Innitzer (1875), Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917), Michael Mayr (1864), Karl Koller (1929), Josef Kriehuber (1800), and Anton Schall (1907). After him are Joseph Marx (1882), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Hans von Dohnanyi (1902), Paula von Preradović (1887), Sigismund von Neukomm (1778), and Otto Herschmann (1877).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Simon von Stampfer ranks 10. Before him are Hans Hahn (1879), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Emil Artin (1898), Karl Menger (1902), Hermann Bondi (1919), and Philipp Frank (1884). After him are Hilda Geiringer (1893), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Helena Rasiowa (1917), Leopold Vietoris (1891), and Walter Rudin (1921).

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