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William Whiston

1667 - 1752

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William Whiston (9 December 1667 – 22 August 1752) was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. He is now probably best known for helping to instigate the Longitude Act in 1714 (and his attempts to win the rewards that it promised) and his important translations of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus (which are still in print). He was a prominent exponent of Arianism and wrote A New Theory of the Earth. Whiston succeeded his mentor Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Whiston is the 550th most popular mathematician (up from 622nd in 2019), the 2,641st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,904th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, William Whiston ranks 550 out of 1,004. Before him are Adam Ries, Andrew M. Gleason, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Edward Arthur Milne, Ronald Graham, and Geminus. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Ingrid Daubechies, Al-Nayrizi, Johann Baptist Cysat, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, and Johann Samuel König.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1667, William Whiston ranks 19. Before him are Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, James Louis Sobieski, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, and Pietro Ottoboni. After him are Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, and John Arbuthnot. Among people deceased in 1752, William Whiston ranks 13. Before him are Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Jean François de Troy, Jacopo Amigoni, Joseph Butler, and Pietro Grimani. After him are Charles-Antoine Coypel, and Daniel Marot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Whiston ranks 2,642 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Moffat (1930), Mark Williams (1959), Arthur Gore (1868), Peg Entwistle (1908), Eric Ambler (1909), and Tommy Taylor (1932). After him are Colin McDonald (1930), Robert Fisk (1946), John Tavener (1944), John Miles (1949), John Byron (1723), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, William Whiston ranks 60. Before him are William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Ernest William Brown (1866), David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), and Edward Arthur Milne (1896). After him are Joseph Raphson (1648), Thomas Wright (1711), Henry Dudeney (1857), Sydney Chapman (1888), James Ivory (1765), and Douglas Hartree (1897).

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