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Kathleen Ollerenshaw

1912 - 2014

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Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, (née Timpson; 1 October 1912 – 10 August 2014) was a British mathematician and politician who was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975 to 1976 and an advisor on educational matters to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathleen Ollerenshaw has received more than 80,984 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kathleen Ollerenshaw is the 953rd most popular mathematician (down from 886th in 2019), the 5,886th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,796th in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Kathleen Ollerenshaw ranks 953 out of 1,004. Before her are David Blackwell, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Christopher Zeeman, Richard Schoen, Mary Ellen Rudin, and Henry John Stephen Smith. After her are Peter Scholze, Marcus du Sautoy, Frank Adams, Fan Chung, Peter Sarnak, and Nigel Hitchin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Kathleen Ollerenshaw ranks 410. Before her are Harry Hay, Byron Nelson, Alfred Schmalzer, Odette Hallowes, Roger Verey, and Marshall Wayne. After her are Muriel Humphrey Brown, M. H. Abrams, Dale Evans, Frances Drake, Burkhard Gantenbein, and Gerald Emmett Carter. Among people deceased in 2014, Kathleen Ollerenshaw ranks 521. Before her are Yves Delacour, Ann B. Davis, Wayne Frye, Tom Gola, Esther M. Conwell, and Bobby Collins. After her are K. Balachander, Philippe Mahut, Paul Horn, Daisuke Oku, Gerald Wilson, and Robert Ashley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Ollerenshaw ranks 5,886 out of 8,785. Before her are Cressida Cowell (1966), Paul Eddington (1927), Bobby Collins (1931), John Scott Russell (1808), Irving Finkel (1951), and Glen Johnson (1984). After her are John Lloyd (1954), Mo Hayder (1962), Bobby Lennox (1943), R. S. Thomas (1913), Daley Thompson (1958), and Ruth Wilson (1982).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Ollerenshaw ranks 107. Before her are George Peacock (1791), James Maynard (1987), Graham Higman (1917), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Neil Sloane (1939), and Timothy Gowers (1963). After her are Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), and William Spottiswoode (1825).

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