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J. H. C. Whitehead

1904 - 1960

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John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as "Henry", was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. H. C. Whitehead has received more than 100,042 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. J. H. C. Whitehead is the 920th most popular mathematician (down from 856th in 2019), the 865th most popular biography from India (down from 781st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 920 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Ken Ribet, Satish Dhawan, Jacob Bronowski, and Martin David Kruskal. After him are Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, George Mostow, and George Peacock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 335. Before him are John Porter, Francis Tyler, Alice White, José Ruiz, Alfred Bohrmann, and August Heim. After him are Hendrik Timmer, Léon Rosenfeld, Raphael Tracey, Marian Nixon, Frank Amyot, and Silvio Pietroboni. Among people deceased in 1960, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 227. Before him are Anni Holdmann, Julius Frey, Hope Emerson, Benjamin Bradshaw, Jimmy Bryan, and Horace Bailey. After him are Harry Pollitt, Charlie Buchan, Edward Hennig, Rudolf Degermark, Johnny Thomson, and George Bonhag.

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In India

Among people born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 865 out of 1,861. Before him are Gul Mohammed (1957), Paresh Rawal (1955), Tabu (1971), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Neetu Singh (1958), and Rolf Edling (1943). After him are Udham Singh (1928), Sonu Nigam (1973), Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), Deepa Mehta (1950), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), and Huma Qureshi (1986).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 17. Before him are Harish-Chandra (1923), Kātyāyana (-200), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), and Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930). After him are Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Raman Parimala (1948), and Akshay Venkatesh (1981).

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