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Jacques Herbrand

1908 - 1931

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Jacques Herbrand (12 February 1908 – 27 July 1931) was a French mathematician. Although he died at age 23, he was already considered one of "the greatest mathematicians of the younger generation" by his professors Helmut Hasse and Richard Courant. He worked in mathematical logic and class field theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Herbrand has received more than 73,990 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jacques Herbrand is the 494th most popular mathematician (up from 518th in 2019), the 3,236th most popular biography from France (down from 3,142nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques Herbrand ranks 494 out of 823. Before him are Paul Halmos, William Thurston, Willem 's Gravesande, Johannes de Muris, John Pell, and Giovanni Antonio Magini. After him are Louis Bachelier, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, Frigyes Riesz, Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, and W. V. D. Hodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jacques Herbrand ranks 169. Before him are Olga Benário Prestes, Joseph Keilberth, Héctor Trujillo, Peg Entwistle, Krystyna Skarbek, and Elio Vittorini. After him are Juan Botasso, Fred MacMurray, Renzo Rossellini, Lew Ayres, Janina Lewandowska, and Alfons Rebane. Among people deceased in 1931, Jacques Herbrand ranks 79. Before him are Dionysios Kasdaglis, Viktor Dyk, Louis Dollo, Bix Beiderbecke, Franz Schalk, and Eugen Schmidt. After him are Oskar Minkowski, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Lya De Putti, Dmitri Egorov, and Wilson Bentley.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 3,236 out of 6,011. Before him are Honoré Charles Reille (1775), Yves Robert (1920), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), Alexis Piron (1689), Édouard Philippe (1970), and Roger Pingeon (1940). After him are Thomas Corneille (1625), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Jacques Lecoq (1921), Paul Ranson (1861), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 77. Before him are Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jean Leray (1906), Yves Meyer (1939), and Johannes de Muris (1290). After him are Louis Bachelier (1870), Jacques Ozanam (1640), René de Saussure (1868), Serge Lang (1927), Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842), and Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765).

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