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John Charles Fields

1863 - 1932

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John Charles Fields, FRS, FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Charles Fields has received more than 168,286 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). John Charles Fields is the 243rd most popular mathematician (down from 219th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Canada (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Mathematician.

John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician who was most famous for his work in the fields of algebra and number theory. He was the first president of the International Congress of Mathematicians, which was created to promote international cooperation in mathematics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, John Charles Fields ranks 243 out of 1,004. Before him are Isaac Beeckman, Farkas Bolyai, Johannes de Sacrobosco, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Seki Takakazu, and Robert Recorde. After him are Joseph Bertrand, Ibn al-Shatir, Simon Newcomb, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Émile Picard, and Edmund Landau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, John Charles Fields ranks 47. Before him are Felix Weingartner, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Émile Friant, Henry Royce, Charles Spearman, and Leopold Berchtold. After him are Ludwig Borchardt, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Alexander Siloti, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Hermann Bahr, and Hugo Haase. Among people deceased in 1932, John Charles Fields ranks 33. Before him are Franz von Hipper, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ottokar Czernin, Kang Pan-sok, Émile Friant, and Tomáš Baťa. After him are Ahmed Shawqi, Guillaume Bigourdan, Alexander Grin, Johannes Schober, Hovannes Adamian, and Emil Orlík.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Charles Fields ranks 86 out of 1,622. Before him are Denis Villeneuve (1967), Henry Taube (1915), Bonar Law (1858), Shannon Tweed (1957), Avril Lavigne (1984), and Yvonne De Carlo (1922). After him are Victor Garber (1949), Martin Short (1950), Simon Newcomb (1835), Robbie Robertson (1943), Michael Ironside (1950), and Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Canada

Among mathematicians born in Canada, John Charles Fields ranks 1. After him are Simon Newcomb (1835), Albert W. Tucker (1905), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Edward Routh (1831), Robert Langlands (1936), William Kahan (1933), James Arthur (1944), Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923), Irving Kaplansky (1917), and Manjul Bhargava (1974).

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