MATHEMATICIAN

Leonard Eugene Dickson

1874 - 1954

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Leonard Eugene Dickson (January 22, 1874 – January 17, 1954) was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. The L. E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Eugene Dickson has received more than 70,612 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Leonard Eugene Dickson is the 627th most popular mathematician (up from 660th in 2019), the 5,331st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,165th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 627 out of 1,004. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, William Whiston, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Georg Mohr, Robert Axelrod, and Aleksey Krylov. After him are John Pell, Robert Simson, Elias M. Stein, Alexander Gelfond, Ingrid Daubechies, and Hilda Geiringer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 145. Before him are Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, J. C. Leyendecker, Iraj Mirza, Ernst Streeruwitz, Alfred Tysoe, and Kiyotsugu Hirayama. After him are Jerzy Żuławski, Ludwig Diels, Charles William Miller, Sténio Vincent, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, and Honus Wagner. Among people deceased in 1954, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 97. Before him are Theodore Lyman IV, William Hoyt, Werner Bischof, Jacques Mieses, Zofia Nałkowska, and Tang Enbo. After him are Pyotr Leshchenko, Ellen Thesleff, Pat McDonald, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Henri Laurent, and Ivan Maslennikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 5,331 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Chapman (1938), Titus Welliver (1962), Dakota Fanning (1994), Kieran Culkin (1982), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), and Daniel Silva (1960). After him are Billy Crudup (1968), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Mike Mangini (1963), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Nancy Carroll (1903), and Stephanie Seymour (1968).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 40. Before him are Haskell Curry (1900), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Michael Freedman (1951), Richard Montague (1930), and Robert Axelrod (1943). After him are Harold Hotelling (1895), Oswald Veblen (1880), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Kenneth Appel (1932), David Gale (1921), and Daniel Quillen (1940).

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