MATHEMATICIAN

Alan Baker

1939 - 2018

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Alan Baker (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Baker has received more than 11,098 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Alan Baker is the 302nd most popular mathematician (down from 292nd in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,493rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 11k

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  • 56.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alan Baker ranks 302 out of 1,004. Before him are Vergilius of Salzburg, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Kiyosi Itô, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Georg Alexander Pick, and Giambattista Benedetti. After him are Jakow Trachtenberg, Vitello, Eutocius of Ascalon, Eugène Charles Catalan, Aristyllus, and Wilhelm Ackermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Alan Baker ranks 127. Before him are Dieter Schwarz, Joseph D. Pistone, Kim Jae-ryong, Paul Sorvino, Josef Abrhám, and Marisa Mell. After him are George Hamilton, Karel Brückner, Scott McKenzie, Irina Press, Ralph Boston, and Robert James Waller. Among people deceased in 2018, Alan Baker ranks 101. Before him are Tsukasa Hosaka, Ermanno Olmi, Paul Virilio, Jozef Adamec, Margot Kidder, and Joseph Kobzon. After him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paul Andreu, Nicanor Parra, Bruno Sammartino, Dennis Nilsen, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Baker ranks 1,428 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Sophie Turner (1996), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), and Ethel Smyth (1858). After him are Alison Steadman (1946), Rhys Ifans (1967), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), Claire Forlani (1971), and Andy Summers (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Alan Baker ranks 31. Before him are John Horton Conway (1937), John Wilkins (1614), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and William George Horner (1786). After him are John Graunt (1620), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Peter Barlow (1776), George Green (1793), Roger Cotes (1682), and William Sealy Gosset (1876).

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