MATHEMATICIAN

Graham Higman

1917 - 2008

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Graham Higman FRS (19 January 1917 – 8 April 2008) was a prominent English mathematician known for his contributions to group theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham Higman has received more than 36,841 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Graham Higman is the 936th most popular mathematician, the 5,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 103rd most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Graham Higman ranks 936 out of 1,004. Before him are Elon Lindenstrauss, James Maynard, Alexander Beilinson, Artur Avila, Ormond Stone, and David Singmaster. After him are Alexander Aitken, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Yakov Eliashberg, Leonard Jimmie Savage, and Carl Pomerance.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Graham Higman ranks 325. Before him are Brenda Joyce, Lou Harrison, Audrey Totter, Oswald Karch, Robert La Caze, and Marcel Hansenne. After him are Laurie Scott, Buddy Jeannette, Pamela Brown, Charles Drake, Leonard Jimmie Savage, and George Newberry. Among people deceased in 2008, Graham Higman ranks 361. Before him are Yodrak Salakjai, Studs Terkel, Mahendra Kapoor, Abby Mann, Harald Hein, and Norman Dello Joio. After him are Vlado Taneski, Péter Baczakó, Beverly Garland, Beatrice Ohanessian, Derog Gioura, and Gertrude Liebhart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Higman ranks 5,447 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Morton (1959), William Roscoe (1753), Richard Greene (1918), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Skandar Keynes (1991), and Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844). After him are Cleo Laine (1927), Jeffrey Hammond (1946), Roy Evans (1948), Stella Gibbons (1902), Ellie Goulding (1986), and Kathleen Raine (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Graham Higman ranks 103. Before him are Richard K. Guy (1916), W. T. Tutte (1917), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), George Peacock (1791), and James Maynard (1987). After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Neil Sloane (1939), Timothy Gowers (1963), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), and Frank Adams (1930).

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