New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MATHEMATICIAN

Leonard Eugene Dickson

1874 - 1954

Photo of Leonard Eugene Dickson

Icon of person Leonard Eugene Dickson

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 63,877 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Leonard Eugene Dickson is the 663rd most popular mathematician (down from 656th in 2019), the 6,178th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,308th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Leonard Eugene Dicksons by language


Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 663 out of 823. Before him are Sulochana Gadgil, Axel Thue, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Fritz Noether, and Ion Barbu. After him are Walter Rudin, D. R. Kaprekar, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sofya Yanovskaya, Max Newman, and Spiru Haret.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 153. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross, Henry Travers, Honus Wagner, J. C. Leyendecker, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, and Theodore Lyman IV. After him are Ernst Streeruwitz, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Johannes Baumann, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Adolf Brand, and Lewis Sheldon. Among people deceased in 1954, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 102. Before him are Henri Frankfort, John Lennard-Jones, Sydney Greenstreet, Pat McDonald, Joe May, and Theodore Lyman IV. After him are Ivan Maslennikov, Henri Laurent, Guy Mairesse, Ramón Guzmán, Hadiya Davletshina, and Eduard Wiiralt.

Others Born in 1874

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1954

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 6,178 out of 18,182. Before him are Guy Kawasaki (1954), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Peter Norton (1943), Anna Harrison (1775), Jan Sterling (1921), and Joe Sample (1939). After him are Maurice Costello (1877), Stan Hansen (1949), Robert B. Parker (1932), Louis Bromfield (1896), Samuel Berger (1884), and Clifton Webb (1889).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Leonard Eugene Dickson ranks 43. Before him are Ronald Graham (1935), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Oswald Veblen (1880), and John Tate (1925). After him are Gladys West (1930), Daniel Quillen (1940), Gilbert Strang (1934), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Tom M. Apostol (1923), and Charles Fefferman (1949).

American born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL