MATHEMATICIAN

Marston Morse

1892 - 1977

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Harold Calvin Marston Morse (March 24, 1892 – June 22, 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory. The Morse–Palais lemma, one of the key results in Morse theory, is named after him, as is the Thue–Morse sequence, an infinite binary sequence with many applications. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1929, the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1932, and the American Philosophical Society in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marston Morse has received more than 135,699 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Marston Morse is the 846th most popular mathematician (down from 801st in 2019), the 8,574th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,960th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Marston Morse ranks 846 out of 1,004. Before him are Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Walther von Dyck, Marshall Harvey Stone, Thomas Henderson, Simon Donaldson, and John H. Coates. After him are I. J. Good, Dmitri Anosov, Shinichi Mochizuki, Corrado Segre, Radhanath Sikdar, and Don Zagier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Marston Morse ranks 255. Before him are Ōten Shimokawa, Slim Summerville, Jacob Viner, Zośka Vieras, Liesl Karlstadt, and Vincenzo Cuccia. After him are Erik Adlerz, Ruth Chatterton, Pinto Colvig, Victor Fontan, Hans Rademacher, and Georg Brustad. Among people deceased in 1977, Marston Morse ranks 222. Before him are Américo Tesoriere, Philibert Smellinckx, Edgar Basel, José Naya, Terence Rattigan, and Bukka White. After him are Helen Ferguson, H. A. Rey, Nunnally Johnson, Hans Pulver, Gersh Budker, and Miguel Mihura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marston Morse ranks 8,574 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernie Davis (1939), Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Jennifer Batten (1957), Alice Calhoun (1900), and Miriam A. Ferguson (1875). After him are Orrin Hatch (1934), Jerry L. Ross (1948), Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Kate Wilhelm (1928), Sly Stone (1943), and Abby Dalton (1932).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Marston Morse ranks 65. Before him are James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Tom M. Apostol (1923), and Marshall Harvey Stone (1903). After him are Richard Garfield (1963), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Barry Mazur (1937), Norman Johnson (1930), and Cleve Moler (1939).

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