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Urbain Le Verrier

1811 - 1877

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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (French: [yʁbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf lə vɛʁje]; 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877) was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics. The calculations were made to explain discrepancies with Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton. Le Verrier sent the coordinates to Johann Gottfried Galle in Berlin, asking him to verify. Galle found Neptune the same night he received Le Verrier's letter, within 1° of the predicted position. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urbain Le Verrier is the 48th most popular mathematician (up from 64th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from France (up from 436th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Mathematician.

Urbain le verrier was a french mathematician who is most famous for his prediction of the position of the planet neptune.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Urbain Le Verrier ranks 48 out of 1,004. Before him are Eudoxus of Cnidus, Johann Bernoulli, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Al-Battani, Gottlob Frege, and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia. After him are Emmy Noether, George Boole, Abraham de Moivre, Archytas, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Josef Stefan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Urbain Le Verrier ranks 4. Before him are Franz Liszt, Napoleon II, and Évariste Galois. After him are Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Vissarion Belinsky. Among people deceased in 1877, Urbain Le Verrier ranks 3. Before him are Gustave Courbet, and Brigham Young. After him are Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Henry Fox Talbot, Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Urbain Le Verrier ranks 302 out of 6,770. Before him are Carlo Buonaparte (1746), François Quesnay (1694), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Charles Fourier (1772), Ferdinand Foch (1851), and Alfred Werner (1866). After him are Claude Lorrain (1600), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Victor Grignard (1871), Gilles de Rais (1405), and Robert II of France (972).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Urbain Le Verrier ranks 11. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Joseph Fourier (1768), Évariste Galois (1811), François Viète (1540), Pope Sylvester II (938), and Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789). After him are Abraham de Moivre (1667), Sophie Germain (1776), Marin Mersenne (1588), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Girard Desargues (1591), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728).

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