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Henry Dudeney

1857 - 1930

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Henry Ernest Dudeney (10 April 1857 – 23 April 1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Dudeney has received more than 105,900 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Dudeney is the 677th most popular mathematician (down from 509th in 2019), the 3,156th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,452nd in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Henry Dudeney ranks 677 out of 1,004. Before him are Sofya Yanovskaya, Max Newman, Ian Stewart, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, John Cairncross, and E. T. Whittaker. After him are Vladimir Drinfeld, Alfréd Rényi, Georges de Rham, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Otto Toeplitz, and Serge Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Henry Dudeney ranks 106. Before him are Alice Pike Barney, Ayub Khan, Helena Westermarck, Aleksei Evert, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, and James Edward Keeler. After him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Constantin Coandă, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Milton S. Hershey, Friedrich Reinitzer, and E. A. Wallis Budge. Among people deceased in 1930, Henry Dudeney ranks 94. Before him are Max Valier, Aleksandr Golovin, Henri Jobier, Florbela Espanca, Walther Reinhardt, and Laura Muntz Lyall. After him are Vladan Đorđević, Launceston Elliot, Bill Holland, Vintilă Brătianu, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, and Florian Cajori.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Dudeney ranks 3,156 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Hughes (1963), Lawrence Oates (1880), John Sims (1749), Francis Godwin (1562), John Cairncross (1913), and E. T. Whittaker (1873). After him are Roy Harper (1941), Una Stubbs (1937), James Milner (1986), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), Michael Ball (1962), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Dudeney ranks 70. Before him are Thomas Digges (1546), John Lennox (1943), Max Newman (1897), Ian Stewart (1945), John Cairncross (1913), and E. T. Whittaker (1873). After him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Lady Byron (1792), James Ivory (1765), David Cox (1924), William Hopkins (1793), and Charles Hutton (1737).

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