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Max Dehn

1878 - 1952

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Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878 – June 27, 1952) was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory. Dehn's early life and career took place in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Dehn has received more than 78,918 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Max Dehn is the 554th most popular mathematician (down from 441st in 2019), the 3,650th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,919th in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Max Dehn ranks 554 out of 1,004. Before him are Max August Zorn, John Tate, Chen Jingrun, Jacques Herbrand, Al-Qalqashandi, and Ronald Graham. After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Cahit Arf, Henri Brocard, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Paul Bernays, and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Max Dehn ranks 133. Before him are Alexander Svechin, Massimo Bontempelli, Chen Jiongming, Pierre Fatou, Anna Coleman Ladd, and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers. After him are Agner Krarup Erlang, Karl Hofer, Glenn Curtiss, Gyula Krúdy, Chen Qimei, and Raymond Smith Dugan. Among people deceased in 1952, Max Dehn ranks 98. Before him are Franz John, Antonia Maury, Alberto Savinio, Edward S. Curtis, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Krystyna Skarbek. After him are David Bergelson, Adolf Busch, Gino Fano, Ludwig Kaas, Karel Lamač, and Herman Sörgel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 3,650 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Curtius (1820), Hans Talhoffer (1420), Corinna Harfouch (1954), Karl Kaufmann (1900), Robert Hübner (1948), and Gertrude of Brunswick (1060). After him are Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), Reinhard Mey (1942), Albert Ballin (1857), Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), and Wilhelm von Bode (1845).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Max Dehn ranks 68. Before him are Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Otto Hölder (1859), Martin Ohm (1792), Max Noether (1921), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), and Max August Zorn (1906). After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Grete Hermann (1901), and Carl Adam Petri (1926).

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