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MATHEMATICIAN

Helge von Koch

1870 - 1924

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Niels Fabian Helge von Koch (25 January 1870 – 11 March 1924) was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described. He was born to Swedish nobility. His grandfather, Nils Samuel von Koch (1801–1881), was the Chancellor of Justice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helge von Koch has received more than 99,059 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Helge von Koch is the 264th most popular mathematician (down from 222nd in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 211th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Helge von Koch ranks 264 out of 823Before him are Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, and Gotthold Eisenstein. After him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Pavel Alexandrov, René-Louis Baire, Igor Ansoff, Joseph Bertrand, and Tatyana Afanasyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Helge von Koch ranks 53Before him are Gustav Landauer, Leopold Godowsky, Marianne Weber, Michael Rostovtzeff, Princess Henriette of Belgium, and Vladimir Purishkevich. After him are Florent Schmitt, Vítězslav Novák, Alexandre Benois, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Kilpin, and François Georges-Picot. Among people deceased in 1924, Helge von Koch ranks 33Before him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Ziya Gökalp, Teófilo Braga, Bogd Khan, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., and Matsukata Masayoshi. After him are Roland Bonaparte, Fernand Cormon, Louis Delluc, Valery Bryusov, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Théodore Dubois.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 259 out of 1,612Before him are Olaus Petri (1493), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Lill-Babs (1938), Per Wahlöö (1926), Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), and Maria Gripe (1923). After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Adam Afzelius (1750), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Sweden

Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 2Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846). After him are Lennart Carleson (1928), Lars Hörmander (1931), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), and Harald Cramér (1893).