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David Gale

1921 - 2008

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David Gale (December 13, 1921 – March 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis. Gale earned his B.A. from Swarthmore College, obtained an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1947, and earned his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gale has received more than 453,706 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Gale is the 684th most popular mathematician, the 5,968th most popular biography from United States and the 45th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, David Gale ranks 684 out of 1,004. Before him are Vladimir Drinfeld, Alfréd Rényi, Georges de Rham, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Otto Toeplitz, and Serge Lang. After him are Sylvestre François Lacroix, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Edmond Laguerre, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Giovanni Battista Zupi, and Roy Kerr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, David Gale ranks 270. Before him are Alenush Terian, Buddy Rogers, Paco Godia, Alfréd Rényi, Harry Daghlian, and Helena Rakoczy. After him are Harold Agnew, John Agar, Yuri Ozerov, Fred Buscaglione, Jacques Martin, and Piero Carini. Among people deceased in 2008, David Gale ranks 218. Before him are Károly Németh, Abdulah Gegić, Mario Rigoni Stern, Leonard Rosenman, Janwillem van de Wetering, and Ollie Johnston. After him are Kurt Furgler, Xie Jin, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Ibrahim Nasir, Neil Aspinall, and Horst Stein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Gale ranks 5,968 out of 20,380. Before him are David Douglas Duncan (1916), John Kuck (1905), Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Raymond Scott (1908), and Ollie Johnston (1912). After him are James Marsters (1962), Ossie Davis (1917), Gary Dourdan (1966), Don Wilson (1954), Harold Agnew (1921), and Mary-Claire King (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, David Gale ranks 45. Before him are Robert Axelrod (1943), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Harold Hotelling (1895), Oswald Veblen (1880), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and Kenneth Appel (1932). After him are Daniel Quillen (1940), Charles Fefferman (1949), Gladys West (1930), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Rudy Rucker (1946), and Gilbert Strang (1934).

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