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Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter

1907 - 2003

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Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter (9 February 1907 – 31 March 2003) was a British-Canadian geometer and mathematician. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century. Coxeter was born in England and educated at the University of Cambridge, with student visits to Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter has received more than 200,513 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter is the 591st most popular mathematician (down from 556th in 2019), the 2,760th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,677th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 25

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  • 5.34

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  • 3.00

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter ranks 591 out of 1,004. Before him are Mikio Sato, Shigefumi Mori, Dmitri Egorov, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Harold Jeffreys, and Boris Delaunay. After him are Edward Routh, Lipót Fejér, G. I. Taylor, David Ruelle, Haskell Curry, and Arend Heyting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter ranks 204. Before him are František Junek, James A. Michener, Georges Speicher, John G. Trump, Edmond Delfour, and Luigi Beccali. After him are Germán Suárez Flamerich, Paula Wessely, Juan Carlos Corazzo, Amir Sjarifuddin, Vladimir Veksler, and Ilia Vekua. Among people deceased in 2003, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter ranks 181. Before him are Hal Clement, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Blaga Dimitrova, Gregory Hines, Berta Ambrož, and Meir Vilner. After him are Emil Loteanu, Walter Sisulu, Jeanne Crain, Eugenio Monti, Alexander Kemurdzhian, and Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter ranks 2,760 out of 8,785. Before him are John McVie (1945), Caroline Munro (1949), Phyllida Law (1932), Graeme Souness (1953), Don Revie (1927), and Edward Woodward (1930). After him are William Camden (1551), Andrew Latimer (1949), Nancy Mackay (1922), Nicol Williamson (1936), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), and Tom Hollander (1967).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter ranks 56. Before him are Thomas Wright (1711), Egon Pearson (1895), Sydney Chapman (1888), Paul Bernays (1888), Ernest William Brown (1866), and Harold Jeffreys (1891). After him are G. I. Taylor (1886), William Burnside (1852), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), William Whiston (1667), John Pell (1611), and Robert Simson (1687).

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