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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 229,436 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lewis Fry Richardson is the 610th most popular mathematician (down from 609th in 2019), the 2,945th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,921st in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 610 out of 823. Before him are Plato Tiburtinus, John Playfair, Alicia Boole Stott, Ludwig Bieberbach, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, and Jan Śniadecki. After him are Endre Szemerédi, Al-Nayrizi, Thomas Digges, David Ruelle, Polyaenus of Lampsacus, and Đuro Kurepa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 130. Before him are Curt Haase, María Blanchard, Sergey Merkurov, Karl Staaf, Henry Maitland Wilson, and Max Gerson. After him are Refik Saydam, Gaston Gallimard, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Arkady Averchenko, Louis Bastien, and Eugen Bolz. Among people deceased in 1953, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 110. Before him are Karl Staaf, August Emil Fieldorf, Tamar Abakelia, Carl Scarborough, Erich Weinert, and Charles de Tornaco. After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright, Charles William Miller, Dooley Wilson, Maude Adams, Isaías Medina Angarita, and Grzegorz Fitelberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 2,945 out of 7,765. Before him are Clare Torry (1947), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), Jimmy Gardner (1924), Edmund Purdom (1926), Donald Moffat (1930), and Jeremy Northam (1961). After him are Sally Hawkins (1976), Robert Bolt (1924), Jim Marshall (1923), John Biscoe (1794), David Almond (1951), and Dennis Stratton (1952).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Lewis Fry Richardson ranks 66. Before him are Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Burnside (1852), Edmund Gunter (1581), John Lennox (1943), Joseph Raphson (1648), and John Playfair (1748). After him are Thomas Digges (1546), James Ivory (1765), Robert Simson (1687), Paul Bernays (1888), David Gregory (1659), and Max Newman (1897).

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