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Thomas Fincke

1561 - 1656

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Thomas Fincke (6 January 1561 – 24 April 1656) was a Danish mathematician and physicist, and a professor at the University of Copenhagen for more than 60 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Fincke is the 397th most popular mathematician (up from 412th in 2019), the 2,476th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,766th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thomas Fincke ranks 397 out of 1,004. Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Carl Ludwig Siegel, William George Horner, Helmut Hasse, Qin Jiushao, and Theon of Smyrna. After him are Philippe de La Hire, Bhāskara I, Rolf Nevanlinna, Peter Barlow, Anders Johan Lexell, and Sal Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Thomas Fincke ranks 10. Before him are Santorio Santorio, Katō Kiyomasa, Henry Briggs, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, and Ii Naomasa. After him are Fukushima Masanori, Adriaan van Roomen, Philippe van Lansberge, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Mary Sidney, and Basilius Besler. Among people deceased in 1656, Thomas Fincke ranks 9. Before him are Jan van Goyen, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, James Ussher, Francisco Herrera the Elder, and Ottavio Piccolomini. After him are Laurent de La Hyre, Andrea Falconieri, Dirck Hals, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Massimo Stanzione, and Carlo Contarini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Fincke ranks 2,477 out of 7,253. Before him are Regina Jonas (1902), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), Christa Schroeder (1908), Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560), and Eugen Weidmann (1908). After him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771), Franz von Sickingen (1481), Heino (1938), Hans von Obstfelder (1886), and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Thomas Fincke ranks 46. Before him are Andreas Osiander (1498), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Michael Maestlin (1550), Lothar Collatz (1910), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), and Helmut Hasse (1898). After him are Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Johannes Werner (1468), and Gerd Faltings (1954).

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