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Gerhard Gentzen

1909 - 1945

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Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1945) was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Gentzen has received more than 129,389 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gerhard Gentzen is the 422nd most popular mathematician (down from 334th in 2019), the 2,824th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,273rd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 422 out of 1,004. Before him are Georgy Voronoy, Albert W. Tucker, Al-Sijzi, Helmut Hasse, Michael O. Rabin, and Vladimir Smirnov. After him are Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, John Vitéz, Alfred Clebsch, Luigi Cremona, Dinostratus, and Paul Émile Appell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 141. Before him are Johannes Willebrands, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Richard Wurmbrand, Henri Alekan, Hermann Lang, and David Riesman. After him are Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Olga Rubtsova, Karl Schäfer, Jim Davis, Morris Swadesh, and Luigi Villoresi. Among people deceased in 1945, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 192. Before him are Stamen Grigorov, Petar Bojović, Gustav Cassel, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Maria Skobtsova. After him are Leo Borchard, Jüri Uluots, Antal Szerb, Johannes Popitz, Jerome Kern, and Rash Behari Bose.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 2,824 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann von Fehling (1812), August Heissmeyer (1897), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Eugen Fischer (1874), Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385), and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889). After him are Franz Lachner (1803), Otto Deßloch (1889), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1633).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Gerhard Gentzen ranks 52. Before him are Hans Freudenthal (1905), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Thomas Fincke (1561), Henryk Zygalski (1908), and Helmut Hasse (1898). After him are Johannes Werner (1468), Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), Adam Ries (1492), Johann Samuel König (1712), and Karl Mollweide (1774).

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