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George F. R. Ellis

1939 - Today

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George Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon. FRSSAf (born 11 August 1939), is the emeritus distinguished professor of complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, published in 1973, and is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George F. R. Ellis has received more than 248,457 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George F. R. Ellis is the 657th most popular physicist (down from 624th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 107th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, George F. R. Ellis ranks 657 out of 717. Before him are Aleksandr Andronov, Peter Mark Roget, Lisa Randall, Gregory Breit, Hedwig Kohn, and John Aitken. After him are Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Schuster, Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, and Brandon Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, George F. R. Ellis ranks 396. Before him are Günter Bernard, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Ashley, Barbara Hammer, Larry Linville, and Terele Pávez. After him are Stuart Kauffman, Wally Funk, John Negroponte, Danas Pozniakas, Daniel Viglietti, and Veniamin Soldatenko.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, George F. R. Ellis ranks 115 out of 374. Before him are Denis Goldberg (1933), Roger Michell (1956), William Kentridge (1955), Eben Dönges (1898), Kevin Curren (1958), and Ted Grant (1913). After him are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Ted Moore (1914), Tom Naudé (1889), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), and Elisabeth Eybers (1915).

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Among PHYSICISTS In South Africa

Among physicists born in South Africa, George F. R. Ellis ranks 2. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924). After him are Stanley Mandelstam (1928).

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