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William Spottiswoode

1825 - 1883

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William H. Spottiswoode HFRSE LLD (11 January 1825 – 27 June 1883) was an English mathematician, physicist and partner in the printing and publishing firm Eyre & Spottiswoode. He was president of the Royal Society from 1878 to 1883. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Spottiswoode is the 918th most popular mathematician (up from 967th in 2019), the 5,188th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,113th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Spottiswoode ranks 918 out of 1,004. Before him are Philip Hall, Don Zagier, Branko Grünbaum, Paul Koebe, James Arthur, and Martin David Kruskal. After him are Arthur Geoffrey Walker, William Gemmell Cochran, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Caucher Birkar, and Ivar Otto Bendixson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, William Spottiswoode ranks 87. Before him are William McGonagall, James Collinson, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, George Inness, Francisco Linares Alcántara, and Julius Kühn. After him are Benjamin Mountfort, James Skivring Smith, John Lawrence LeConte, Francis James Child, Bayard Taylor, and Henry Heth. Among people deceased in 1883, William Spottiswoode ranks 69. Before him are Alexandros Koumoundouros, Victor Puiseux, Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, and Matthew Webb. After him are John Lawrence LeConte, Lot M. Morrill, and Henry John Stephen Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Spottiswoode ranks 5,190 out of 8,785. Before him are Dawn French (1957), Susan Haack (1945), Derek Riggs (1958), Reginald McKenna (1863), John Nunn (1955), and Jason Watkins (1962). After him are James Herbert (1943), Gary McAllister (1964), Craig Ferguson (1962), James D'Arcy (1975), Robert Jameson (1774), and John of Worcester (1100).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Spottiswoode ranks 97. Before him are Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Richard Taylor (1962), Richard K. Guy (1916), I. J. Good (1916), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), and Philip Hall (1904). After him are Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), W. T. Tutte (1917), Neil Sloane (1939), and Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899).

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