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Edward Kasner

1878 - 1955

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Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 – January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician who was appointed Tutor on Mathematics in the Columbia University Mathematics Department. Kasner was the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia University. Subsequently, he became an adjunct professor in 1906, and a full professor in 1910, at the university. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Kasner has received more than 183,521 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edward Kasner is the 374th most popular mathematician (down from 345th in 2019), the 2,936th most popular biography from United States and the 17th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward Kasner ranks 374 out of 1,004. Before him are Roger Cotes, Klaus Roth, Diocles, Caspar Wessel, Plato Tiburtinus, and Yakov Sinai. After him are Philipp Frank, Felix Bernstein, Hypsicles, Sam Loyd, Viggo Brun, and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Edward Kasner ranks 81. Before him are Mikhail Artsybashev, Maxie Long, Grigory Petrovsky, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Louis Camille Maillard, and Zabel Yesayan. After him are Felix Bernstein, Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Jorge Ubico, Tullio Serafin, Aino Kallas, and Ulrich Graf. Among people deceased in 1955, Edward Kasner ranks 68. Before him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Luis Otero, Cy Young, Louis Lachenal, Emma Jung, and Antanas Merkys. After him are Robert W. Wood, Léon Werth, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Arthur Tansley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Kasner ranks 2,936 out of 20,380. Before him are John Lasseter (1957), Ivy Lee (1877), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Bobby Riggs (1918), King Oliver (1881), and Bobby Darin (1936). After him are Christa McAuliffe (1948), Wendy Carlos (1939), James Henry Breasted (1865), Raymond Damadian (1936), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), and Ace Frehley (1951).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Edward Kasner ranks 17. Before him are Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Paul Cohen (1934), Lloyd Shapley (1923), John Milnor (1931), John G. Thompson (1932), and Stephen Smale (1930). After him are Sam Loyd (1841), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Richard Hamming (1915), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), and Jim Simons (1938).

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