MATHEMATICIAN

Claude Chevalley

1909 - 1984

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Claude Chevalley (French: [ʃəvalɛ]; 11 February 1909 – 28 June 1984) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, class field theory, finite group theory and the theory of algebraic groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Chevalley has received more than 92,469 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Chevalley is the 642nd most popular mathematician (down from 635th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Claude Chevalley ranks 642 out of 1,004. Before him are Mark Krein, Paul Neményi, Paul Gordan, Harold Hotelling, Georg Stiernhielm, and Vera T. Sós. After him are Ludwig Bieberbach, David Gregory, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Kātyāyana, Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, and Johann Karl Burckhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Claude Chevalley ranks 229. Before him are Durgabai Deshmukh, Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma, Kató Lomb, Bernabé Ferreyra, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Song Renqiong. After him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Roberto Battaglia, Theodor Tolsdorff, Shura Cherkassky, Arvo Askola, and Gheorghe Albu. Among people deceased in 1984, Claude Chevalley ranks 156. Before him are Ralph Kirkpatrick, Grete Hermann, Joan Lindsay, Marcel Moyse, Peter Walker, and Fulvio Bernardini. After him are Luke Kelly, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Niyazi, Kenneth Arnold, Wolfgang Staudte, and Max Newman.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Claude Chevalley ranks 86 out of 454. Before him are Koos de la Rey (1847), Louis Raymond (1895), Piet Retief (1780), Jamie Uys (1921), Helen Suzman (1917), and J. G. Strijdom (1893). After him are Rudolph Lewis (1887), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Gary Player (1935), Eben Dönges (1898), and Deon Meyer (1958).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Claude Chevalley ranks 2. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928). After him are Richard Borcherds (1959), Peter Sarnak (1953), and Stanley Skewes (1899).

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