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Frank P. Ramsey

1903 - 1930

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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (; 22 February 1903 – 19 January 1930) was a British philosopher, mathematician, and economist who made major contributions to all three fields before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English. He was also influential in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank P. Ramsey has received more than 386,994 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Frank P. Ramsey is the 340th most popular mathematician (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,603rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 340 out of 1,004. Before him are Pietro Cataldi, Nicholas Mercator, Sergei Novikov, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi. After him are Gaston Julia, Gemma Frisius, Johann Radon, Zhu Shijie, Peter Barlow, and Karl Menger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 111. Before him are Michail Stasinopoulos, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolay Krylov, Nikolai Voznesensky, Alexander Imich, and Adelbert Schulz. After him are Kea Bouman, Richard Thomalla, Arpad Elo, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Luigi Allemandi, and Hans Litten. Among people deceased in 1930, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 45. Before him are Theodor Nöldeke, José Carlos Mariátegui, Riccardo Drigo, Rafael Merry del Val, Eduard Meyer, and Eric Lemming. After him are Alois Jirásek, Jeppe Aakjær, Mabel Normand, Pierina Legnani, Emil Krebs, and Eugen Goldstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 1,631 out of 8,785. Before him are Philippa Foot (1920), Charles Macintosh (1766), Chris Martin (1977), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Malo (487), and Pasquale Anfossi (1727). After him are P. F. Strawson (1919), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), William Etty (1787), Arnold Toynbee (1852), and Malcolm Arnold (1921).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Frank P. Ramsey ranks 33. Before him are George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), William George Horner (1786), Alan Baker (1939), and John Graunt (1620). After him are Peter Barlow (1776), George Green (1793), Roger Cotes (1682), William Sealy Gosset (1876), William Jones (1675), and Mary Cartwright (1900).

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