MATHEMATICIAN

Frank Adams

1930 - 1989

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John Frank Adams (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Adams has received more than 116,839 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Adams is the 956th most popular mathematician, the 5,906th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 109th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 120k

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  • 48.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Frank Adams ranks 956 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Schoen, Mary Ellen Rudin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Peter Scholze, and Marcus du Sautoy. After him are Fan Chung, Peter Sarnak, Nigel Hitchin, Dusa McDuff, Simon Singh, and Béla Bollobás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Frank Adams ranks 613. Before him are Booker Ervin, Wayne Frye, Marie Corridon, Don L. Lind, Allison Hayes, and K. Balachander. After him are Don Edmunds, Al Lawrence, Paul Horn, Robert Ashley, Sally Ann Howes, and Stuart Williams. Among people deceased in 1989, Frank Adams ranks 294. Before him are Frank Sullivan, Ludwig Schuberth, Aristid Lindenmayer, Jack Smith, Duncan Gregg, and Beatrice Lillie. After him are Nilufer Hanımsultan, Shamil Serikov, Thomas Sopwith, Andrey Prokofyev, Frances Bavier, and Timoci Bavadra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Adams ranks 5,906 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred Enoch (1988), Mike Wilds (1946), David Davis (1948), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), and George Blagden (1989). After him are Thomas Chalmers (1780), Warren Treadgold (1949), Eddie Hapgood (1908), Guthrie Govan (1971), William Regal (1968), and Bill Eckersley (1925).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank Adams ranks 109. Before him are Graham Higman (1917), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Neil Sloane (1939), Timothy Gowers (1963), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), and Marcus du Sautoy (1965). After him are Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), William Spottiswoode (1825), Philippa Fawcett (1868), and Keith Devlin (1947).

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