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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 171,547 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Edward Kasner is the 345th most popular mathematician (up from 391st in 2019), the 2,943rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,199th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward Kasner ranks 345 out of 823. Before him are Pietro Cataldi, Richard Hamming, Paul Lévy, William Sealy Gosset, Thomas Fincke, and Stephen Smale. After him are Karl Menger, Eutocius of Ascalon, Ostilio Ricci, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, John G. Thompson, and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Edward Kasner ranks 77. Before him are Jack Johnson, Ernest King, Felix Bernstein, Ulrich Graf, Jorge Ubico, and Myer Prinstein. After him are Zabel Yesayan, José Miaja, Paul Hazard, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Grigory Petrovsky, and Maurice René Fréchet. Among people deceased in 1955, Edward Kasner ranks 64. Before him are Cy Young, Olga Khokhlova, Adolfo de la Huerta, Ivan Šubašić, Arthur Tansley, and Konstantin Hierl. After him are Reiner Stahel, Archie Hahn, Jim Corbett, Holger Nielsen, Emma Jung, and Isak Samokovlija.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Kasner ranks 2,943 out of 18,182. Before him are S. S. Van Dine (1888), Ted Williams (1918), June Allyson (1917), Terry Goodkind (1948), Gene Krupa (1909), and Rhea Seehorn (1972). After him are Don Henley (1947), Adam Driver (1983), Laurie Anderson (1947), Kevin Federline (1978), Dana Ivey (1941), and Bruno Mars (1985).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Edward Kasner ranks 19. Before him are Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Paul Cohen (1934), John Milnor (1931), Jesse Douglas (1897), Richard Hamming (1915), and Stephen Smale (1930). After him are John G. Thompson (1932), Jim Simons (1938), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Julia Robinson (1919), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), and Richard E. Bellman (1920).

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