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Willem 's Gravesande

1688 - 1742

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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (26 September 1688 – 28 February 1742) was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics and the first experimental measurement of kinetic energy. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem 's Gravesande is the 627th most popular mathematician (down from 537th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 550th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 627 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexander Gelfond, Heinrich Martin Weber, René de Saussure, Alfred Pringsheim, Leonard Eugene Dickson, and Serge Lang. After him are Grete Hermann, Dmitri Egorov, Jakob Hermann, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Alfréd Haar, and Al-Qalqashandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 23. Before him are François Lemoyne, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marie Victoire de Noailles, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jai Singh II, and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Ferdinand Brokoff, and Mikhail Zemtsov. Among people deceased in 1742, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 15. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Carlos Seixas, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, and John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him is Richard Bentley.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 596 out of 1,646. Before him are Ernesto Hoost (1965), Martin Koeman (1938), Johannes Meursius (1579), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Hans van Manen (1932), and Peter van de Kamp (1901). After him are Jan de Vries (1944), Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960), Jan de Quay (1901), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Bas Jan Ader (1942), and Mary of Guelders (1434).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 10. Before him are Isaac Beeckman (1588), Willem de Sitter (1872), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), and Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918). After him are Arend Heyting (1898), Jacobus Golius (1596), Gustav de Vries (1866), Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).

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