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John Henry Pratt

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Also known as John Pratt

British mathematician (1809–1871)

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  • The mathematical principles of mechanical philosophy
  • The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy: And Their Application ..
  • The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy: And Their Application to the Theory of ..
  • Scripture and science not at variance; or, The historical character and plenary inspiration of ..
  • A treatise on attractions, Laplace's functions, and the figure of the earth

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1659-09-10
Active to
1695-11-21

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5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,252x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,497x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,878x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,530x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,119x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Pratt
Gender
male
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Ghazipur
Occupation
physicist
Position held
chairperson
Educated at
Christ's College
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
Anglicanism
Notable work
isostasy
Image
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member of
Royal Society
date of birth
1809-06-04
date of death
1871-12-28
contributed to creative work
Popular Science
place of burial
St. Paul's Cathedral
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
cholera
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