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MATHEMATICIAN

Egon Pearson

1895 - 1980

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Egon Sharpe Pearson (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Pearson has received more than 125,735 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Egon Pearson is the 517th most popular mathematician (down from 490th in 2019), the 2,488th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,315th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Egon Pearson ranks 517 out of 823. Before him are Henry Dudeney, Dénes Kőnig, Benedetto Castelli, G. I. Taylor, Campanus of Novara, and Martin Ohm. After him are Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Abraham Robinson, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Terence Tao, and Gerd Faltings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Egon Pearson ranks 152. Before him are Stefan Rowecki, Paul Gorguloff, Feng Youlan, Itō Noe, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Mario Camerini. After him are Oscar Hammerstein II, Hari Singh, Brian Horrocks, Harold Hotelling, Marie-Dominique Chenu, and Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes. Among people deceased in 1980, Egon Pearson ranks 144. Before him are Celia Sánchez, Ángel Sanz Briz, Leopold Kielholz, Terence Fisher, Peppino De Filippo, and Alberto Demicheli. After him are Farrokhroo Parsa, Elvira de Hidalgo, Miliza Korjus, Gerhard Hanappi, Marian Spychalski, and Juan García Oliver.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Egon Pearson ranks 2,488 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Chambers (1802), Simon Callow (1949), Sol Campbell (1974), Jock Stein (1922), Fatboy Slim (1963), and Corin Redgrave (1939). After him are Banastre Tarleton (1754), Shirley Eaton (1937), Donald Watson (1910), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), and Steve Bruce (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Egon Pearson ranks 55. Before him are Harold Jeffreys (1891), John Pell (1611), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Henry Dudeney (1857), and G. I. Taylor (1886). After him are Mary Cartwright (1900), Sydney Chapman (1888), John Cairncross (1913), Ian Stewart (1945), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), and William Burnside (1852).

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