1883 - 1960
Eric Temple Bell (7 February 1883 – 21 December 1960) was a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Temple Bell has received more than 156,370 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Eric Temple Bell is the 474th most popular mathematician (up from 510th in 2019), the 2,305th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,391st in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Eric Temple Bell ranks 474 out of 823. Before him are Anders Johan Lexell, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Pavel Urysohn, Stanisław Leśniewski, George David Birkhoff, and Edward Arthur Milne. After him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Jean Leray, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Yves Meyer, and David Mumford.
1740 - 1784
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 468
1880 - 1968
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 469
1898 - 1924
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 470
1886 - 1939
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 471
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 472
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 473
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 474
1687 - 1759
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 475
1912 - 1999
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 476
1906 - 1998
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 477
1765 - 1825
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 478
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 479
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 480
Among people born in 1883, Eric Temple Bell ranks 138. Before him are Otto Erich Deutsch, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Fyodor Sergeyev, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, and Giovanni Pastrone. After him are Alfred Saalwächter, Eleazar López Contreras, Paul Bader, Franklin Clarence Mars, Demyan Bedny, and István Friedrich. Among people deceased in 1960, Eric Temple Bell ranks 98. Before him are Henny Porten, Sylvia Pankhurst, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Erich Neumann, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Pavel Peter Gojdič. After him are Knud Enemark Jensen, Ioannis Georgiadis, Sigurd Hoel, Nevil Shute, Margaret Sullavan, and Yury Olesha.
1883 - 1967
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 132
1883 - 1922
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 133
1883 - 1921
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 134
1883 - 1973
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 135
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 136
1883 - 1959
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 137
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 138
1883 - 1945
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 139
1883 - 1973
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 140
1883 - 1971
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 141
1883 - 1934
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 142
1883 - 1945
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 143
1883 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 144
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 92
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 93
1903 - 1960
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 94
1905 - 1960
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 95
1874 - 1960
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 96
1888 - 1960
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 97
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 98
1936 - 1960
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 99
1876 - 1960
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 100
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 101
1899 - 1960
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 102
1909 - 1960
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 103
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 104
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Temple Bell ranks 2,305 out of 7,765. Before him are John Evelyn (1620), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Paul Smith (1946), Richard Madden (1986), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), and Lindsay Kemp (1938). After him are Carl Palmer (1950), Samuel Morland (1625), Würzel (1949), Caradoc (470), Bob Klose (1945), and Frank Finlay (1926).
1620 - 1706
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,299
1880 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,300
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,301
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,302
1215 - 1275
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,303
1938 - 2018
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,304
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 2,305
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 2,306
1625 - 1695
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 2,307
1949 - 2011
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 2,308
470 - 500
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 2,309
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 2,310
1926 - 2016
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 2,311
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Eric Temple Bell ranks 47. Before him are Ernest William Brown (1866), Thomas Wright (1711), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Roger Cotes (1682), and Edward Arthur Milne (1896). After him are David Mumford (1937), Harold Jeffreys (1891), John Pell (1611), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), and Henry Dudeney (1857).
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 41
1711 - 1786
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 42
1682 - 1744
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 43
1300 - 1349
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 44
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 45
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 46
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 48
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 49
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 50
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 51
1845 - 1879
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 52
1857 - 1930
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 53