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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 79,624 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Herbrand is the 551st most popular mathematician (down from 493rd in 2019), the 3,590th most popular biography from France (down from 3,223rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jacques Herbrand ranks 551 out of 1,004. Before him are Maria Angela Ardinghelli, Aleksandr Khinchin, Pierre Fatou, Max August Zorn, John Tate, and Chen Jingrun. After him are Al-Qalqashandi, Ronald Graham, Max Dehn, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Cahit Arf, and Henri Brocard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jacques Herbrand ranks 194. Before him are Arthur O'Connell, Doria Shafik, Elliott Carter, Krystyna Skarbek, Erik Lundqvist, and Sucheta Kriplani. After him are Artem Alikhanian, Gisèle Freund, Don Bradman, Gualberto Villarroel, Ed Heinemann, and Gideon Ståhlberg. Among people deceased in 1931, Jacques Herbrand ranks 87. Before him are Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Sukhdev Thapar, Wilson Bentley, Milan Šufflay, Louis Dollo, and Constantin von Economo. After him are Teresa Claramunt Creus, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Dmitri Egorov, Louis Wolheim, Albert Capellani, and William Orpen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 3,590 out of 6,770. Before him are Henriette d'Angeville (1794), Hilary of Arles (401), Harry Baur (1880), Jacques Fatton (1925), Gaston Gallimard (1881), and Gérard Collomb (1947). After him are Andréa Parisy (1935), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), François de Tournon (1489), Achille Valenciennes (1794), Micheline Bernardini (1927), and Lucien Simon (1861).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jacques Herbrand ranks 83. Before him are Johannes de Muris (1290), Jean Frédéric Frenet (1816), Louis Bachelier (1870), Charles Julien Brianchon (1783), Ismaël Bullialdus (1605), and Pierre Fatou (1878). After him are Henri Brocard (1845), Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517), and Charles Dupin (1784).

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