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MATHEMATICIAN

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 on 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 41,877 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Severi is the 774th most popular mathematician (down from 673rd in 2019), the 3,605th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,121st in 2019) and the 60th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Francesco Severi ranks 774 out of 823Before him are Rudy Rucker, Ngô Bảo Châu, Raoul Bott, Georges de Rham, Joseph Wedderburn, and Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev. After him are Shinichi Mochizuki, Richard Brauer, Wu Wenjun, Cédric Villani, Joseph Keller, and Armand Borel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Francesco Severi ranks 198Before him are Rupert Julian, Aimée Antoinette Camus, Alexandros Othonaios, Patrick Abercrombie, Warner Oland, and Juan Manuel Frutos. After him are Axel Nordlander, Isidro Ayora, Max Emmerich, Juan Esteban Montero, Steponas Kairys, and Terence MacSwiney. Among people deceased in 1961, Francesco Severi ranks 153Before him are Guy de Luget, Anita Stewart, Max Hainle, Alberto Galateo, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Richard Gunn. After him are Herman Glass, William Alexander Morgan, Henri Deloge, Ruth Chatterton, Romeo Neri, and Susanna M. Salter.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Severi ranks 3,605 out of 4,668Before him are Ardico Magnini (1928), Ugo Pignotti (1908), Giuseppe Casari (1922), Renzo Minoli (1904), Luigi Padovese (1947), and Aldo Costa (1961). After him are Alberto Bigon (1947), Silvano Piovanelli (1924), Violante Placido (1976), Alberto Colombo (1946), Angelo Damiano (1938), and Riccardo Carapellese (1922).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Francesco Severi ranks 60Before him are Giuseppe Vitali (1875), Federigo Enriques (1871), Eugenio Calabi (1923), Cesare Arzelà (1847), Francesco Brioschi (1824), and Corrado Segre (1863). After him are Giuseppe Veronese (1854), Alessio Figalli (1984), and Pietro Boselli (1988).