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Thomas Heath

1861 - 1940

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Sir Thomas Little Heath (; 5 October 1861 – 16 March 1940) was a British civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator, and mountaineer. He was educated at Clifton College. Heath translated works of Euclid of Alexandria, Apollonius of Perga, Aristarchus of Samos, and Archimedes of Syracuse into English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Heath is the 381st most popular mathematician (up from 868th in 2019), the 1,887th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,600th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thomas Heath ranks 381 out of 1,004. Before him are László Lovász, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, John Milnor, Raymond Smullyan, Guillaume Postel, and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier. After him are Marshall Harvey Stone, Louis Nirenberg, Thomas Simpson, Ivan Vinogradov, Ostilio Ricci, and Lothar Collatz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Thomas Heath ranks 57. Before him are Louis Anquetin, Alexey Kaledin, John William Godward, William C. Durant, William Renshaw, and Konstantin Korovin. After him are Robert T. A. Innes, Constantin Prezan, Ludwig Thuille, Spyridon Samaras, Meir Dizengoff, and Henri Mathias Berthelot. Among people deceased in 1940, Thomas Heath ranks 73. Before him are Willi Münzenberg, Nedo Nadi, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Alfred Loisy, and Ivane Javakhishvili. After him are Olga Boznańska, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Lewis Hine, José Félix Estigarribia, Alfred Fowler, and Udham Singh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Heath ranks 1,887 out of 8,785. Before him are Bernard Lee (1908), Lulach (1030), K. K. Downing (1951), Terry Eagleton (1943), Ernest Jones (1879), and C. Northcote Parkinson (1909). After him are Alexander Cunningham (1814), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Hugh Fraser (1945), and Steven Runciman (1903).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Heath ranks 40. Before him are John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), George Peacock (1791), and John Graunt (1620). After him are Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), Peter Barlow (1776), Edmund Gunter (1581), Roger Cotes (1682), and Thomas Henderson (1798).

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