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William Kingdon Clifford

1845 - 1879

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William Kingdon Clifford (4 May 1845 – 3 March 1879) was a British mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour. The operations of geometric algebra have the effect of mirroring, rotating, translating, and mapping the geometric objects that are being modelled to new positions. Clifford algebras in general and geometric algebra in particular have been of ever increasing importance to mathematical physics, geometry, and computing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Kingdon Clifford is the 503rd most popular mathematician (down from 459th in 2019), the 2,414th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,165th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 503 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre Wantzel, Aleksandr Khinchin, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Issai Schur, Paul Halmos, and Ian Stewart. After him are Abraham Robinson, Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, John Vitéz, Thomas Bradwardine, Henryk Zygalski, and Emil Leon Post.

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Among people born in 1845, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 58. Before him are Walter Crane, Jan Czerski, Gustave Ador, William, Prince of Wied, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Àngel Guimerà, Henri Brocard, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Ivan Puluj, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, and Gustaf Cederström. Among people deceased in 1879, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 31. Before him are Maurycy Gottlieb, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Karl Koch, Paul Gervais, and Baldomero Espartero. After him are Anthony Panizzi, Joseph Poelaert, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jakob Dubs, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, and Michel Chevalier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 2,414 out of 8,785. Before him are James Steuart (1712), Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Derek Warwick (1954), Catherine of York (1479), Ian Stewart (1945), and The Edge (1961). After him are Simon MacCorkindale (1952), Ed Sheeran (1991), Bill Foulkes (1932), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Kingdon Clifford ranks 54. Before him are Mary Cartwright (1900), Eric Temple Bell (1883), William Sealy Gosset (1876), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), James Stirling (1692), and Ian Stewart (1945). After him are Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Ernest William Brown (1866), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), and William Whiston (1667).

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