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Erhard Schmidt

1876 - 1959

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Erhard Schmidt (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erhard Schmidt has received more than 110,610 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Erhard Schmidt is the 575th most popular mathematician (up from 592nd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 105th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Erhard Schmidt ranks 575 out of 1,004. Before him are Ernest William Brown, Karol Borsuk, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Dénes Kőnig, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, and Paul Halmos. After him are Emil Julius Gumbel, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Endre Szemerédi, Nilakantha Somayaji, and Al-Nayrizi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Erhard Schmidt ranks 117. Before him are Aaron Aaronsohn, Maurice Tourneur, Aino Ackté, Ioannis Georgiadis, Pingali Venkayya, and Stephanos Christopoulos. After him are Borisav Stanković, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Maria Ouspenskaya, Alaiza Pashkevich, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, and Tiburcio Carías Andino. Among people deceased in 1959, Erhard Schmidt ranks 100. Before him are Kafū Nagai, Ion Gigurtu, Aleksandr Khinchin, Charles Vidor, Kazimierz Bein, and Edmund Gwenn. After him are Galaktion Tabidze, Alfonso Reyes, Ernst Fast, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Max Gerson, and Carl Enckell.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Erhard Schmidt ranks 94 out of 351. Before him are Friedrich Akel (1871), Amandus Adamson (1855), Jaan Teemant (1872), Mart Laar (1960), Tiit Vähi (1947), and Juhan Aavik (1884). After him are Otto Strandman (1875), Alexei Lvov (1798), Jaan Poska (1866), Ants Antson (1938), Ants Piip (1884), and Ene Ergma (1944).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Estonia

Among mathematicians born in Estonia, Erhard Schmidt ranks 1. After him are Carl Gustav Axel Harnack (1851), and Hellmuth Kneser (1898).

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