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MATHEMATICIAN

Maurice René Fréchet

1878 - 1973

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René Maurice Fréchet (French: [ʁəne mɔʁis fʁeʃɛ, moʁ-]; 2 September 1878 – 4 June 1973) was a French mathematician. He made major contributions to general topology and was the first to define metric spaces. He also made several important contributions to the field of statistics and probability, as well as calculus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice René Fréchet has received more than 131,131 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Maurice René Fréchet is the 354th most popular mathematician (down from 333rd in 2019), the 2,586th most popular biography from France (down from 2,321st in 2019) and the 63rd most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Maurice René Fréchet ranks 354 out of 823. Before him are Ostilio Ricci, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, John G. Thompson, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Madhava of Sangamagrama, and Alain Connes. After him are Philipp Frank, Sergei Novikov, James Stirling, Paul Émile Appell, Michael Maestlin, and Carl Ludwig Siegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Maurice René Fréchet ranks 83. Before him are Edward Kasner, Zabel Yesayan, José Miaja, Paul Hazard, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, and Grigory Petrovsky. After him are J. F. C. Fuller, Alexander Tamanian, Charles Joughin, Michel Théato, Theodoros Pangalos, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Among people deceased in 1973, Maurice René Fréchet ranks 96. Before him are Laurence Harvey, Noël Coward, Marthe Bibesco, Gene Krupa, Tarsila do Amaral, and Lidia Ruslanova. After him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Henry Darger, Ben Webster, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Walter Krüger, and Archduchess Isabella of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice René Fréchet ranks 2,586 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre Clastres (1934), Roussel de Bailleul (1100), Michel Sardou (1947), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), and Gérard Oury (1919). After him are Odo II, Count of Blois (983), Marie Dubois (1937), Émile Littré (1801), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Paul Tortelier (1914), and Richard Bohringer (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Maurice René Fréchet ranks 63. Before him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816), Jean Dieudonné (1906), Paul Lévy (1886), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), and Alain Connes (1947). After him are Paul Émile Appell (1855), Pierre Vernier (1580), Philippe de La Hire (1640), Christian Kramp (1760), Pierre Wantzel (1814), and Albert Girard (1595).

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