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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 47,331 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Morley is the 825th most popular mathematician, the 4,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 93rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Frank Morley ranks 825 out of 823. Before him are Curtis T. McMullen, Richard K. Guy, Yuri Linnik, Norman Johnson, Hans Lewy, and Cathleen Synge Morawetz. After him are Martin David Kruskal, Salomon Bochner, Avi Wigderson, George Mostow, Elon Lindenstrauss, and Cécile DeWitt-Morette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Frank Morley ranks 131. Before him are Carlos José Solórzano, John Antoine Nau, Joseph Cook, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Elmer Ambrose Sperry. After him are Leonard Wood, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Lillian Russell, Chandramukhi Basu, Gregorio Aglipay, and Charles Oman. Among people deceased in 1937, Frank Morley ranks 156. Before him are Jorge de Paiva, Howie Morenz, Marie Prevost, Ruth Roland, John T. Dillon, and Magnús Guðmundsson. After him are Ellen Hansell, Ralph Lewis, John Russell Pope, Ralph Ince, Ross Alexander, and Arthur Edmund Carewe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Morley ranks 4,646 out of 7,765. Before him are Susan Haack (1945), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Susan Hampshire (1937), Tom Payne (1982), Sandrine Holt (1972), and Tom Richards (1910). After him are James Thornhill (1675), Brian Moore (1921), Richard Barbieri (1957), Adam Ant (1954), Vivien Merchant (1929), and Laurie Cunningham (1956).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank Morley ranks 93. Before him are Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Richard Taylor (1962), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), George Peacock (1791), Horace Lamb (1849), and Richard K. Guy (1916). After him are Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), I. J. Good (1916), Philip Hall (1904), Charles Hutton (1737), Simon Singh (1964), and Neil Sloane (1939).

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