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James Waddell Alexander II

1888 - 1971

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James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Waddell Alexander II has received more than 85,104 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Waddell Alexander II is the 818th most popular mathematician (up from 859th in 2019), the 8,030th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,210th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

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Over the past year James Waddell Alexander II has had the most page views in the with 16,806 views, followed by German (8,515), and Russian (1,741). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (886.67%), Haitian (161.14%), and English (101.58%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 818 out of 1,004. Before him are Vladimir Voevodsky, Christoph Gudermann, Mary Everest Boole, Cornelius Lanczos, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, and Armand Borel. After him are Boris Galerkin, Laurent Lafforgue, Nikolai Bugaev, Ludwig Schläfli, Claire Voisin, and Ivan Petrovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 225. Before him are Daniel Norling, Anders Haugen, Donduk Kuular, Guido Romano, Carlo Oriani, and Harry Crerar. After him are Andreas Cervin, Curt Goetz, Jacques de Lacretelle, Carlos Quintanilla, David Jacobs, and Þórbergur Þórðarson. Among people deceased in 1971, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 194. Before him are Hank Mann, Brock Chisholm, Carl Blegen, Wolfgang Krull, Koichi Kudo, and Tadas Ivanauskas. After him are Louis Armand, Cliff Edwards, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Diana Lynn, Rodolfo Terlizzi, and Armand Massard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 8,030 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam McKay (1968), Kay Francis (1905), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Helene Madison (1913), Gerald R. Molen (1935), and Richard Hell (1949). After him are Bill O'Reilly (1949), Madeline Miller (1978), Johnny Dodds (1892), Lorna Luft (1952), Jaden Smith (1998), and Glenne Headly (1955).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, James Waddell Alexander II ranks 59. Before him are Hassler Whitney (1907), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Joseph Keller (1923), Christine Darden (1942), Morris Kline (1908), and Douglas McIlroy (1932). After him are Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Tom M. Apostol (1923), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), and Marston Morse (1892).

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