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Louis J. Mordell

1888 - 1972

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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 – 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for pioneering research in number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis J. Mordell has received more than 39,617 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Louis J. Mordell is the 600th most popular mathematician (down from 595th in 2019), the 5,061st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,296th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Louis J. Mordell ranks 600 out of 1,004. Before him are G. I. Taylor, David Ruelle, Haskell Curry, Arend Heyting, Wilhelm Jordan, and Diederik Korteweg. After him are Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, Michael Freedman, Harish-Chandra, Pietro Mengoli, and Julius Petersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Louis J. Mordell ranks 153. Before him are Harald Sverdrup, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Elisabeth Schumann, Vahram Papazian, and Ralph Hartley. After him are Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Jean Bouin, Maxwell Anderson, Marcel Jouhandeau, Franciszek Kleeberg, and Elsa Brändström. Among people deceased in 1972, Louis J. Mordell ranks 141. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd, Jinichi Kusaka, Antal Szabó, Abeid Karume, Gottfried Fuchs, and Marianne Moore. After him are Hermann Boehm, Vera Inber, Edgar G. Ulmer, Balys Dvarionas, Max Fleischer, and Erwin Stresemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 5,061 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob King (1906), Barry Commoner (1917), Arthur Blake (1872), Randy Crawford (1952), Rockwell Kent (1882), and Josiah Royce (1855). After him are Smedley Butler (1881), Joseph Grew (1880), Louis Brandeis (1856), Tony Randall (1920), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), and Verne Troyer (1969).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 35. Before him are George David Birkhoff (1884), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), Julia Robinson (1919), John Tate (1925), Ronald Graham (1935), and Haskell Curry (1900). After him are Benjamin Peirce (1809), Michael Freedman (1951), Richard Montague (1930), Robert Axelrod (1943), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), and Harold Hotelling (1895).

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