MATHEMATICIAN

Gustav de Vries

1866 - 1934

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Gustav de Vries (22 January 1866 – 16 December 1934) was a Dutch mathematician, who is best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation with Diederik Korteweg. He was born on 22 January 1866 in Amsterdam, and studied at the University of Amsterdam with the distinguished physical chemist Johannes van der Waals and with Korteweg. While doing his doctoral research De Vries supported himself by teaching at the Royal Military Academy in Breda (1892-1893) and at the "cadettenschool" in Alkmaar (1893-1894). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav de Vries has received more than 24,924 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav de Vries is the 714th most popular mathematician, the 718th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 14th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gustav de Vries ranks 714 out of 1,004. Before him are Federigo Enriques, Stanisław Mazur, Guido Castelnuovo, Alfréd Haar, Otto E. Neugebauer, and Leopold Vietoris. After him are Ion Barbu, Lev Schnirelmann, Evgraf Fedorov, David Cox, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, and William Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav de Vries ranks 118. Before him are Richard Beer-Hofmann, Georges de la Falaise, Pencho Slaveykov, Ludwig Aschoff, Harry Davenport, and Gilbert Bougnol. After him are Emiliano Figueroa, Oskar Messter, Italo Santelli, Albertson Van Zo Post, Lola Mora, and Ragnar Östberg. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustav de Vries ranks 119. Before him are Jafar Jabbarly, Willem Kes, N. E. Brown, Jules Renkin, Fritz Graebner, and Blind Blake. After him are Zabel Sibil Asadour, Aristarkh Belopolsky, E. A. Wallis Budge, Nelly Diener, Eduard Bagritsky, and Orest Khvolson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav de Vries ranks 718 out of 1,646. Before him are Mieke Bal (1946), Adrie Koster (1954), Erwin Olaf (1959), Anouk (1975), John Bosman (1965), and Alex van Warmerdam (1952). After him are Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), Martin van Creveld (1946), Tinus Osendarp (1916), Huub Rothengatter (1954), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), and Martin Garrix (1996).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Gustav de Vries ranks 14. Before him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Arend Heyting (1898), Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Jacobus Golius (1596). After him are Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).

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