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MATHEMATICIAN

Keith Devlin

1947 - Today

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Keith James Devlin (born 16 March 1947) is a British mathematician and popular science writer. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keith Devlin has received more than 214,451 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Keith Devlin is the 874th most popular mathematician (down from 805th in 2019), the 5,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,128th in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 210k

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  • 37.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Keith Devlin ranks 874 out of 823. Before him are Nigel Hitchin, Christopher Zeeman, Mary Ellen Rudin, Peter Sarnak, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Artur Avila. After him are Irving Kaplansky, Henry John Stephen Smith, Fan Chung, Adele Goldstine, Marcus du Sautoy, and Richard Schoen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Keith Devlin ranks 734. Before him are Howard Georgi, Michael Albert, Deidre Hall, Tom Daschle, Tom Carper, and Keone Young. After him are Kerry Melville, Wings Hauser, Rita Wilden, Sonny Carter, P. A. Sangma, and Gary Herbert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keith Devlin ranks 5,543 out of 7,765. Before him are Allenby Chilton (1918), Ian St John (1938), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Dave Morgan (1944), Roma Downey (1960), and Dario Franchitti (1973). After him are Bill McGarry (1927), Gabriella Wilde (1989), Alexa Chung (1983), Samuel West (1966), Dennis Skinner (1932), and James Kelman (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Keith Devlin ranks 105. Before him are Neil Sloane (1939), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Timothy Gowers (1963), W. T. Tutte (1917), William Spottiswoode (1825), and Nigel Hitchin (1946). After him are Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Dusa McDuff (1945), Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912).

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