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Eric Temple Bell

1883 - 1960

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Eric Temple Bell (7 February 1883 – 21 December 1960) was a Scottish-born mathematician, educator 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 172,348 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Eric Temple Bell is the 466th most popular mathematician (up from 473rd in 2019), the 2,181st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,299th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Eric Temple Bell ranks 466 out of 1,004. Before him are Adriaan van Roomen, Ernst Schröder, Terence Tao, Yutaka Taniyama, Frigyes Riesz, and Jean Leray. After him are Isadore Singer, Hermann Hankel, Raoul Bott, Daniele Barbaro, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, and James Stirling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Eric Temple Bell ranks 133. Before him are Arnold Bax, Hubert Pierlot, Paul Levi, Olga Kameneva, Henri Maspero, and Fritz Platten. After him are Vladimir Kappel, Edwin Sutherland, Paul Bader, Ludwig Müller, Demyan Bedny, and August Zaleski. Among people deceased in 1960, Eric Temple Bell ranks 96. Before him are Sibilla Aleramo, Otto Ender, H. C. Hansen, Ken McArthur, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Mitrofan Nedelin. After him are Friedrich Kirchner, Yury Olesha, Erich Neumann, Henny Porten, Sigurd Hoel, and Knud Enemark Jensen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Temple Bell ranks 2,181 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Percy (1364), Patricia Bredin (1935), Richard Baxter (1615), Michael Powell (1905), Jerry Springer (1944), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884). After him are Michael Adams (1971), Gerald of Wales (1146), Wilfred Owen (1893), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Bernard Williams (1929), and John Miles (1949).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Eric Temple Bell ranks 43. Before him are William Sealy Gosset (1876), William Jones (1675), Mary Cartwright (1900), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Edmund Gunter (1581), and William Kingdon Clifford (1845). After him are James Stirling (1692), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), David Mumford (1937), Joseph Raphson (1648), John Playfair (1748), and John Hadley (1682).

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