MATHEMATICIAN

Felix Klein

1849 - 1925

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Felix Christian Klein (German: [klaɪn]; 25 April 1849 – 22 June 1925) was a German mathematician and mathematics educator, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and the associations between geometry and group theory. His 1872 Erlangen program classified geometries by their basic symmetry groups and was an influential synthesis of much of the mathematics of the time. During his tenure at the University of Göttingen, Klein was able to turn it into a center for mathematical and scientific research through the establishment of new lectures, professorships, and institutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felix Klein has received more than 509,293 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Klein is the 84th most popular mathematician, the 437th most popular biography from Germany (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Mathematician.

Felix Klein is most famous for his work in mathematics. He is credited with the invention of the Klein bottle and the Klein quartic.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Felix Klein ranks 84 out of 1,004. Before him are Augustus De Morgan, Andrey Kolmogorov, Jacob Bernoulli, Regiomontanus, Pappus of Alexandria, and Stefan Banach. After him are Ctesibius, Alexander Friedmann, Stanislaw Ulam, Katherine Johnson, Paul Erdős, and Lars Ahlfors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Felix Klein ranks 6. Before him are Ivan Pavlov, August Strindberg, Muhammad Abduh, August von Mackensen, and Édouard-Henri Avril. After him are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, John William Waterhouse, Alfred von Tirpitz, Sergei Witte, and Bertha Benz. Among people deceased in 1925, Felix Klein ranks 12. Before him are Gottlob Frege, William Jennings Bryan, Georgy Lvov, Sergei Yesenin, Henri Fayol, and Josef Breuer. After him are Alexander Friedmann, Mikhail Frunze, Camille Flammarion, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Władysław Reymont, and Léon Bourgeois.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Felix Klein ranks 437 out of 7,253. Before him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Uwe Seeler (1936), Elsa Einstein (1876), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Gerhard Domagk (1895), and Klaus Meine (1948). After him are Hans Krebs (1898), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Walther Bothe (1891), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), and Gregor Strasser (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Felix Klein ranks 14. Before him are August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Christopher Clavius (1538), Hermann Weyl (1885), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), and Andrew Wiles (1953).

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