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Lewis Fry Richardson

1881 - 1953

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Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 – 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Fry Richardson has received more than 243,757 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Fry Richardson is the 695th most popular mathematician (down from 607th in 2019), the 3,236th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,937th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 695 out of 1,004. Before him are Giovanni Battista Zupi, Roy Kerr, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jürgen Moser, Heinz Hopf, and Jean-Christophe Yoccoz. After him are Eduard Čech, Lady Byron, Jacques Tits, Abu Said Gorgani, Marc-Antoine Parseval, and Dmitry Grave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 162. Before him are Henri Grégoire, Henri Laurent, Jess Willard, Clive Bell, Fernand Sanz, and Otto Toeplitz. After him are Jetze Doorman, Madge Syers, Harry Edwin Wood, Mordecai Kaplan, Abdulla Shaig, and Patrick Ryan. Among people deceased in 1953, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 125. Before him are Walter Wild, Jim Lightbody, Milovan Jakšić, Pierre Dupong, Dooley Wilson, and Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Auguste Giroux, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Delfo Bellini, Carl Scarborough, James J. Jeffries, and Jonathan M. Wainwright.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 3,236 out of 8,785. Before him are Marc Almond (1957), Noddy Holder (1946), Peter R. Hunt (1925), John Evans (1823), Lottie Dod (1871), and John Lennard-Jones (1894). After him are Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Benbow (1653), Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Diana Dors (1931), and Richard O'Brien (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 71. Before him are John Lennox (1943), Max Newman (1897), Ian Stewart (1945), John Cairncross (1913), E. T. Whittaker (1873), and Henry Dudeney (1857). After him are Lady Byron (1792), James Ivory (1765), David Cox (1924), William Hopkins (1793), Charles Hutton (1737), and Douglas Hartree (1897).

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