MATHEMATICIAN

Frank Morley

1860 - 1937

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Frank Morley (September 9, 1860 – October 17, 1937) was a leading mathematician, known mostly for his teaching and research in the fields of algebra and geometry. Among his mathematical accomplishments was the discovery and proof of the celebrated Morley's trisector theorem in elementary plane geometry. He led 50 Ph.D. students, including Clara Latimer Bacon, to their degrees, and was said to be ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Morley has received more than 50,468 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frank Morley is the 803rd most popular mathematician (up from 822nd in 2019), the 4,079th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,636th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Frank Morley ranks 803 out of 1,004. Before him are Andrzej Mostowski, Eugene Dynkin, Ngô Bảo Châu, Marcel Riesz, Grace Chisholm Young, and Douglas McIlroy. After him are Wolfgang Krull, Richard Rado, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Marina Ratner, Maryna Viazovska, and Carl Hindenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Frank Morley ranks 123. Before him are Johannes Thiele, Jan Kasprowicz, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Gabriele Possanner, Otto Liebe, and Ferdinand Boberg. After him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, John Antoine Nau, Carlos José Solórzano, Antônio Parreiras, Alexey Favorsky, and Jacques Sautereau. Among people deceased in 1937, Frank Morley ranks 157. Before him are Marguerite Audoux, Grafton Elliot Smith, Colin Clive, Noel Rosa, Enrique Olaya Herrera, and Ndre Mjeda. After him are Anastasios Metaxas, Charles Homer Haskins, Antônio Parreiras, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Harry Vardon, and Gyula Juhász.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Morley ranks 4,079 out of 8,785. Before him are Aneirin (525), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), Jayne Atkinson (1959), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), and Richard Lynn (1930). After him are Vivian Campbell (1962), Tina Charles (1954), Pybba of Mercia (570), Ali Smith (1962), Dan Stevens (1982), and Peter Firth (1953).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank Morley ranks 83. Before him are Douglas Hartree (1897), Benjamin Robins (1707), William Henry Young (1863), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), Horace Lamb (1849), and Grace Chisholm Young (1868). After him are Mary Everest Boole (1832), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), Peter Tait (1831), Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Thomas Henderson (1798), and Simon Donaldson (1957).

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