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 212,917 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Keith Devlin is the 971st most popular mathematician (down from 871st in 2019), the 6,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,530th in 2019) and the 115th most popular British Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Keith Devlins by language

Over the past year Keith Devlin has had the most page views in the with 20,135 views, followed by Spanish (1,365), and Chinese (1,274). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (1,256.25%), Haitian (26.96%), and Turkish (26.44%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Keith Devlin ranks 971 out of 1,004. Before him are Alicia Dickenstein, Irving Kaplansky, William Spottiswoode, Leonid Levin, Philippa Fawcett, and Alessio Figalli. After him are Eric W. Weisstein, Grace Alele-Williams, Euphemia Haynes, Stanley Skewes, Stuart Milner-Barry, and June Huh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Keith Devlin ranks 835. Before him are Mark Dayton, Peter Welch, Kailash Purryag, Zoltán Melis, Deidre Hall, and Marit Nybakk. After him are Carlos Ezquerra, Lawrence Wright, Andrew Parrott, David Hare, Carol Moseley Braun, and Steve Heighway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keith Devlin ranks 6,152 out of 8,785. Before him are Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), Richard Coyle (1974), James Norton (1985), Peter Brabrook (1937), and Dan Wheldon (1978). After him are Mimi Keene (1998), George Armstrong (1944), Wes Morgan (1984), Robin Cousins (1957), Richard Wiseman (1966), and Ted Burgin (1927).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Keith Devlin ranks 115. Before him are Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), William Spottiswoode (1825), and Philippa Fawcett (1868). After him are Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Ben Green (1977), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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