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Andrew M. Gleason

1921 - 2008

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Andrew Mattei Gleason (1921–2008) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a leader in reform and innovation in math­e­mat­ics teaching at all levels. Gleason's theorem in quantum logic and the Greenwood–Gleason graph, an important example in Ramsey theory, are named for him. As a young World War II naval officer, Gleason broke German and Japanese military codes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew M. Gleason has received more than 89,863 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew M. Gleason is the 943rd most popular mathematician, the 11,894th most popular biography from United States and the 87th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 943 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexander Aitken, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Yakov Eliashberg, Leonard Jimmie Savage, and Carl Pomerance. After him are Bill Gosper, Neil Sloane, Timothy Gowers, David Blackwell, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, and Christopher Zeeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 444. Before him are Wayne C. Booth, Brian Moore, Bill Bright, Muriel Pavlow, Richard Wilbur, and Horace Gould. After him are Dinny Pails, Vivian Blaine, Art Clokey, Kitty Kallen, Juanita M. Kreps, and Kathleen Byron. Among people deceased in 2008, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 371. Before him are Beatrice Ohanessian, Derog Gioura, Gertrude Liebhart, Bill Melendez, Phyllis A. Whitney, and Rob Knox. After him are Maryvonne Dupureur, Chuck Daigh, Forrest J Ackerman, Hazel Court, Julie Ege, and George MacDonald Fraser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 11,894 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Michael Gaston (1962), Elizabeth Allen (1929), Jennette McCurdy (1992), Diane Williams (1960), and Tana French (1973). After him are Mike Enzi (1944), Andrew Bryniarski (1969), Tim Commerford (1968), Bill Gosper (1943), Arleen Sorkin (1956), and Mary MacLaren (1900).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Andrew M. Gleason ranks 87. Before him are Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), George Mostow (1923), Ormond Stone (1847), David Singmaster (1938), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), and Carl Pomerance (1944). After him are Bill Gosper (1943), David Blackwell (1919), Richard Schoen (1950), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), Eric W. Weisstein (1969), and Euphemia Haynes (1890).

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