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William Hopkins

1793 - 1866

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William Hopkins FRS (2 February 1793 – 13 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the "senior-wrangler maker." He also made important contributions in asserting a solid, rather than fluid, interior for the Earth and explaining many geological phenomena in terms of his model. However, though his conclusions proved to be correct, his mathematical and physical reasoning were subsequently seen as unsound. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hopkins is the 730th most popular mathematician (down from 720th in 2019), the 3,652nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,387th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Hopkins ranks 730 out of 1,004. Before him are Pingala, Max Newman, Paul Gordan, Leopold Vietoris, Moritz Pasch, and Otto Toeplitz. After him are Yuri Matiyasevich, Thomas Digges, Eliyahu Rips, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Antanas Mockus, and Albert W. Tucker.

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Among people born in 1793, William Hopkins ranks 46. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Diego Portales, Robert Edmond Grant, Stephen F. Austin, and Kazim Rashti. After him are Jan Frans Willems, Antoni Malczewski, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Manuel Menéndez, José Ignacio de Márquez, and John Clare. Among people deceased in 1866, William Hopkins ranks 37. Before him are Jules Dupuit, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Mikayel Nalbandian, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Adolf Bernhard Marx. After him are Samuel Ryan Curtis, George Ord, János Scitovszky, Jean-Jacques Willmar, José Ignacio Pavón, and John Ross.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hopkins ranks 3,653 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Charles Winslow (1888), Frank Wild (1873), Dugald Stewart (1753), William Thomas Blanford (1832), and Isaac Watts (1674). After him are Diana Dors (1931), Dave Davies (1947), Harry Patch (1898), Herbert Giles (1845), Robin Dunbar (1947), and Joe Alwyn (1991).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Hopkins ranks 78. Before him are Egon Pearson (1895), Paul Bernays (1888), Benjamin Robins (1707), John Cairncross (1913), David Cox (1924), and Max Newman (1897). After him are Thomas Digges (1546), Simon Donaldson (1957), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), John Lennox (1943), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), and E. T. Whittaker (1873).

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