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Francesco Severi

1879 - 1961

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Francesco Severi (13 April 1879 – 8 December 1961) was an Italian mathematician. He was the chair of the committee on Fields Medal in 1936, at the first delivery. Severi was born in Arezzo, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Severi has received more than 45,134 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Severi is the 866th most popular mathematician (down from 771st in 2019), the 3,987th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,594th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Francesco Severi ranks 866 out of 1,004. Before him are Roger Apéry, Michael Aschbacher, Richard Brauer, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, William Shanks, and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher. After him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Thomas Heath, Solomon Marcus, George Salmon, Mark Kac, and Salomon Bochner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Francesco Severi ranks 227. Before him are André Roosevelt, Warner Oland, Eligio Ayala, Maurice Vignerot, Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok, and Otto Nilsson. After him are Marion Jones Farquhar, Annie Kenney, Søren Marinus Jensen, Joseph Lyons, Clyde Cessna, and Alice Greene. Among people deceased in 1961, Francesco Severi ranks 182. Before him are Aloys Van de Vyvere, Clarence Pinkston, Gustaf Rosenquist, Eddie Polo, Uberto De Morpurgo, and Herman Glass. After him are William Z. Foster, Adela Pankhurst, Richard Gunn, Ferdinand Bie, Max Schöne, and Frances Schroth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Severi ranks 3,987 out of 5,161. Before him are Caterina Davinio (1957), Virginia Raggi (1978), Claudia Koll (1965), Pietro Speciale (1876), Alex Caffi (1964), and Marco Ballotta (1964). After him are Ugo Ferrante (1945), Guido Bontempi (1960), Bruno Boni (1915), Giampaolo Menichelli (1938), Antonio Maspes (1932), and Carlo Vanzina (1951).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Francesco Severi ranks 66. Before him are Giuseppe Vitali (1875), Giuseppe Veronese (1854), Leonida Tonelli (1885), Cesare Burali-Forti (1861), Francesco Brioschi (1824), and Corrado Segre (1863). After him are Alessio Figalli (1984), Pietro Boselli (1988), and Gian-Carlo Rota (1999).

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